CAMBODIA

CAMBODIA / ស្រុកខ្មែរ

Dragon Bridge.
First stamp in a set of 3, issued on 13.04.1999.
Face value: 500 Cambodian riel.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 46 x 31 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1927.
- Scott No. 1853.
- StampWorld No. 1949.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1867.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1638.

The road from Phnom Penh to Angkor crosses the Chi Kraeng River by the Dragon Bridge, officially Spean Pappos (Khmer: ស្ពានប្រាប់ទិស), also known as Kampong Kdei Bridge (ស្ពានកំពង់ក្ដី), in the town of the same name. It is the longest cantilever stone arch bridge in the world, at 87 m (285 ft), with more than twenty arches. It was built in the 12th century during the reign of King Jayavarman VII and is one of the few bridges from the era of the Khmer empire that have survived to this day. It was restored between 1964 and 1966.