Books Publications Puzzling Pavilion
What is the origin of the "Iron Palace", often called "Napoleon" or "Suez", erected in the precinct of the Royal Palace of Cambodia in the 1860s or 1870s?Photos Visions of Southeast Asia by....Louis Gascuel
A rare photographic account on Saigon, Cambodia, Laos and Singapore dating back from 1904, by a civil engineer and talented amateur photographer.Publications De Phnom Penh a Pursat [From Phnom Penh to Pursat]
An important account on Cambodia in the early years of the French Protectorate.Publications Quinze jours au Cambodge [A Fortnight in Cambodia]
Subtitle: "Moeurs, Coutumes, Superstitions, Légendes: Excursion dans les provinces de Roléia-Paier et Compong-Leng".Publications Un voyage a la cour du roi Nom-Rodon (lettre sur le Cambodge, Nocor Khmer)
A visit to Phnom Penh Royal Palace in 1870, only four years after its construction started.Publications A Siamese Prince Journeys to Angkor: Encounters with a Shared Heritage
A study on 1925 Prince Damrong's Nirat Nakhon Wat,Publications La fête du retrait des eaux a Phnom Penh (1968) [Festival of the Flood Waters Receding, 1968]
The origin and meaning of Khmer Water Festival, Bon Om Tuk, in a description of the 1968 celebrations by a journalist then King Sihanouk's press attache.Books Ceremonies des 12 Mois: Fetes annuelles cambodgiennes [Twelve-Month Ceremonies: Cambodian Yearly Celebrations] EBOOK
The earliest attempt to a summary of the major religious and cultural celebrations in Modern Cambodia after Adhémard Leclere's notations.Books Lettre: Le Cambodge
A short and telling plea for the colonial economic development of Cambodia.Books A Guide to Phnom Penh
A rare guidebook of Phnom Penh published in 1992, when the capital city was still emerging from civil war. With a quick hop to Angkor.Photos Cambodian Drawings by Oknha Tep Nimit Mak and Oknha Reachna Prasor Mao, 1923
A collection of classic-modern figurative patterns completed by two leading Cambodian architects in the 1920s, and commented by George Groslier.Photos Visions of Cambodian Dance selected by...Raymond Cogniat
Some wondrous black-and-white photographs of dancers in Cambodia, Laos, Annam and Tonkin (Vietnam), shot in the 1920s.Books Danses d'Indochine [Dances of Indochina]
An enlightening reflexion on Southeast Asian dances, and in particular on Cambodian court dance.Links Prince Sisowath Ravivaddhana Monipong Personal Blog
A personal blog reflecting the author's career as artistic consultant, the history of the Royal Family of Cambodia, and decades of East-West cultural exchanges.Photos Visions of Cambodia by....Jules Agostini
Cambodia in the 1890s, as seen by colonial engineer and amateur photographer Jules Agostini.Books The Land of the White Elephant: Sights & Scenes in South-Eastern Asia
Part of a 2-year business trip from Burma to Siam, Cambodia and Singapore, the first published description of Angkor by an American citizen.