Wat Samrong Knong, Battambang About 4km north of Battambang, Wat Somrong Knong was built in the 19th century on the site of a pre-Angkorian temple complex. The Khmer Rouge used the temple grounds as a prison and it's believed that around 10,000 people were executed here. The complex today houses the gorgeous main pagoda and a mish-mash of ancient ruins, glittery modern structures and memorials to those who perished here. The temple was seized by the Khmer Rouge in 1976 and turned into a prison.Just outside the complex's southwest wall is a memorial shrine festooned with grisly bas-reliefs of Khmer Rouge atrocities. A glass case contains victims' skulls. #WatSamrongKnong #BattambangTrip #Wat #PagodaBattambang #TraveltoCambodia #CambodiaTrip #WhattoseeinBattambang https://www.instagram.com/p/B2Mk4KuFXbd/?igshid=wt07wqukpzlg