The Norodom Sihanouk Memorial, also called the Statue of King Father Norodom Sihanouk, is a monument commemorating former King Norodom Sihanouk located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The bronze statue is 4.5 meters tall and is housed under a 27 meter high stupa in the park east of the Independence Monument.[2] The statue depicting the late king wearing a business suit cost about US$1.2 million and took about 8 months to complete. During the day the statue was inaugurated, public access to the statue was tightly monitored while armed military police were stationed near the statue in October 2013.[3] Norodom Sihanouk died on 15 October 2012 in Beijing, China,[4] and survived by his son, current King Norodom Sihamoni, and his wife, Norodom Monineath.
The statue is dedicated to Sihanouk's accomplishment on liberating the country on 9 November 1953 from the French colonialism.[2]
NorodomSihanouk (/ˈsiːhənʊk/; 31 October 1922 – 15 October 2012) was a Cambodian politician, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in various capacities...
the abdication of his father, NorodomSihanouk. He is the eldest son of King Sihanouk and former Queen consort Norodom Monineath and is the fourth monarch...
architects. The palace was constructed between 1866 and 1870, after King Norodom relocated the royal capital from Oudong to Phnom Penh. It was built atop...
Liège. Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba Christ the Redeemer NorodomSihanoukMemorial Preah Thong Neang Neak Statue Louis-Riel by Miguel Joyal The Dead...
Phnom Penh Independence Monument National Museum of Cambodia NorodomSihanoukMemorial Royal Railway Station Phsar Thom Thmey Royal Palace of Cambodia...
the Khmer Viet Minh organisation and its guerrilla war against King NorodomSihanouk's newly independent government. Following the Khmer Viet Minh's 1954...
and conservative, he led the military coup of 1970 against Prince NorodomSihanouk, abolished the monarchy, and established the short-lived Khmer Republic...
Phnom Penh Independence Monument National Museum of Cambodia NorodomSihanoukMemorial Phsar Thom Thmey Raffles Hotel Le Royal Royal Palace of Cambodia...
of the bloodiest in history. During the early-to-mid-1960s, Prince NorodomSihanouk's policies had protected his nation from the turmoil that engulfed Laos...
Phnom Penh Independence Monument National Museum of Cambodia NorodomSihanoukMemorial Phsar Thom Thmey Raffles Hotel Le Royal Royal Palace of Cambodia...
and 1979. The name was coined in the 1960s by then Chief of State NorodomSihanouk to describe his country's heterogeneous, communist-led dissidents,...
Phnom Penh Independence Monument National Museum of Cambodia NorodomSihanoukMemorial Phsar Thom Thmey Raffles Hotel Le Royal Royal Palace of Cambodia...
Phnom Penh Independence Monument National Museum of Cambodia NorodomSihanoukMemorial Phsar Thom Thmey Raffles Hotel Le Royal Royal Palace of Cambodia...
one of the five pagodas built by King Ponhea Yat in 1434. In 1865, King Norodom began to rebuild the temple of Wat Khpob Ta Yang, and he changed his name...
CCP's revolution. The second batch of "old friends", represented by NorodomSihanouk, were the leaders of the Third World and socialist camp countries who...
was not released, perhaps due to the overthrow of the government of NorodomSihanouk by Lon Nol. Although the Khmer Rouge printed banknotes, they were not...
effectively counter it. For the next two years, the insurgency grew because NorodomSihanouk did very little to stop it. As the insurgency grew in strength, the...
Phnom Penh Independence Monument National Museum of Cambodia NorodomSihanoukMemorial Phsar Thom Thmey Raffles Hotel Le Royal Royal Palace of Cambodia...
Phnom Penh Independence Monument National Museum of Cambodia NorodomSihanoukMemorial Phsar Thom Thmey Raffles Hotel Le Royal Royal Palace of Cambodia...
was abandoned several times before being reestablished in 1865 by King Norodom. The city formerly functioned as a processing center, with textiles, pharmaceuticals...
large glass memorial in the cave next to the skulls and bones and a golden reclining Buddha, that can be reached via a staircase. A memorial, assembled...
controlling Cambodia in 1863. After being colonized around 90 years, King NorodomSihanouk began claiming return to independence from France in 1949. In 1953...
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