Home is commonly known as a very important basic need for human being or animal, it keeps all living things warmth and safe. With a well decorated home that we call house. Houses were built from one generation to another, the changes of the look of the houses varied by regions or places. Today, let's go visit an ancient house in Battambang. In Cambodia, there are many ancient houses, remarkably in Battambang. And among those ancient houses, only two ancient houses are chosen to formally recognize and recommended by Ministry of Tourism.
Ancient House located Wat Kor Village in Battambang province (Location Map Below). There is the "homeland" for many Khmer traditional houses, most of them built from 1920-1956. An interesting house that belonged to Mr. Nuon Chea, Brother Number 2 of the Pol Pot regime, survives there today. But this house no longer belongs to his family. It belongs to a local people bought this house in late 1980s from someone else. This house was built during French colonial era although the exact date is unknown. In the spite of its age, the original, robust construction still remains intact. Mrs. Bun Roeung's Ancient House is open to visitors and the owner can give you a short tour in French or English. You can also see the ancient item for use in the daily life of the first build house owner.
You do not need to buy a ticket or pay any fee as it is free entrance. You can purchase the traditional gift or donate any money as a fund in order to support.
If someone goes to visit Battambang, don't forget go to visit ancient house in Wat Kor village. And it will make all visit happy and many knowledge from it. It is better to visit Ancient House in the evening after you visit any attraction outside Battambang city as it is in the city and take around 10 min to reach there.
Location Map
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