Bakheng mountain In Siem reap

Phnom Bakheng was constructed more than two centuries before the Angkor Wat. Historians believe that Phnom Bakheng was in its heyday, the principal temple of the Angkor region.  Bakheng Mountain is located to the southeast and in front of Angkor wat temple. Located atop a hill, this is the most popular tourist spot for sunset views of the much bigger Angkor Wat temple which lies amid the jungle about 1.5 km away.

It is a Hindu temple originally built in the form of a temple mountain dedicated to Shiva. Historians believe that Phnom Bakheng was in its heyday, the principal temple of the Angkor region.  It was the architectural centerpiece of a new capital that Yasovarman built when he moved the court from the capital Hariharalaya in the Roluos.

         Sunset on the top of Bakheng mountain

is very beautiful that's why many tourists gathering there at the evening before the sunset.