 Small,
attractive temple in very good condition, built at the same time as
Angkor Wat. The Angkor Wat style is most easily seen in the style of the
towers and carved devatas. Thommanon seems to stand in conjunction with
Chau Say Tevoda across the street, but was built decades earlier.
Thommanon is currently in much better condition than Chau Say Tevoda, in
part because archaeologists heavily restored it in the 1960's. But even
before restoration, Thommanon was in better shape due in part to the
lack of the stone-enclosed wood beams in Thommanon’s super-structure
that were used in Chau Say Tevoda’s construction. Many of Thommanon’s
carvings are in excellent condition. The colors of the age stained
sandstone against the jungle are very photogenic, particularly in the
wet season.
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