This is the west entrance of Ta Phrom, built by Jayavarman VII as a Buddhist temple dedicated to his mother.

This great place once owned 3140 villages, and was maintained by 79,365 people according to an inscription here.

Ta Phrom was built in 1186 by Jayavarman VII as Buddhist temple. It is one of the largest structures in the Angkor area.

Obviously at Ta Phrom nature has been allowed to continue to take her course unabated.

This one is relatively well preserved, although people really come here to see trees totally integrated with temple.

Birds drop seeds, trees grow, cracks widen .... giant trees hundreds of years old are slowly but surely destroying Ta Phrom.