800-year-old bridge at Angkor Wat successfully restored


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The Ta Ong Bridge is 800 years old. — HelloAngkor.com

The second phase restoration work on the Ta Ong Bridge at the Angkor Archaeological Park in northwest Cambodia’s Siem Reap province has been completed, the Apsara National Authority (ANA) said in a press statement released recently.

Loeu Channora, an archaeologist at ANA’s Department of Conservation of Monuments and Preventive Archaeology, said the project focused on the southern part of the bridge, reinforcing its collapsed portions and restoring the dragon-styled hand railings in the length of 70m.

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