Angkor Angkor means the  Capital. The city of Angkor in northwestern Cambodia was for more than 500 years the capital of the Khmer Empire, a kingdom that once ruled most of the Indochinese peninsula. From the end of the 9th century until early in the 13th century, numerous large construction projects made Angkor one of the most impressive complexes of buildings. Geography Angkor lies cradled between the long, southeasterly expanse of the Great Lake to the south, and the Kulen mountains to the northeast and north. In-between the Kulen range and the lake, four solitary hills have overlooked the Angkorian plain for thousands of years. The hills are weathered, and each is isolated in the middle of flat land. This sensitivity to the location and presence of the four Angkorian mountains and the large Kulen plateau extends to more than a visual concordance with the horizon line. When King Yashovarman (r. 889-910) moved the capital to Angkor from Hariharalaya in the southeast, he built temples on all four mountain peaks. We cannot be certain whether King Yashovarman leveled these mountain peaks to build his temples, or whether the peaks were leveled earlier and already had temple ruins on them. Sras Srang is one of the few reservoirs at Angkor still holding water. It was completed during the reign of Rajendravarman in the late 10th century. Sras Srang means "royal bathing pool," and was originally at least 350 by 700 meters. It was modified two centuries later by King Jayavarman VII, who faced the dikes with sandstone and added a beautiful boat landing Angkor History Thinking of moving to Angkor? There are 3 properties up for auction!