When Cambodia was ruled by France (1863-1953) as part of French Indochina, Kampot was the protectorate's largest and most important seaport - beforePort Sihanoukville(aka Kampong Som) was developed. Downtown Kampot, unlike most Cambodian provincial capitals, is dominated by 19th-century colonial ...
On the verge of defeat in 1945, the Japanese removed their French collaborators and installed a nominally independent Cambodian government under the recently crowned young king, Norodom Sihanouk. France reimposed its protectorate in early 1946 but allowed the Cambodians to draft a constitution and to ...
then known as Kambuja, fell into decline after Jayavaram's reign and was nearly annihilated by Thai and Vietnamese invaders. Kambuja's power steadily diminished until 1863, when France colonized the region, joining Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam into a single protectorate known as French Indochi...
(15th century) and the crumbling of the empire, the region underwent four centuries of foreign invasions, civil war, and widespread depopulation. It was not until the establishment of the French protectorate in 1863 that internal security was restored, thecountry’sborders stabilized, and efforts...
Its population is thought not to have risen much above 25,000 during this period.The French protectorate in Cambodia gave Phnom Penh the layout we know today. The city was divided into districts or quartiers: the French administrators and European tradersinhabited the area north of Wat Phnom ...
The first Royal Palace to be built at the present location was designed by architect Neak Okhna Tepnimith Mak and constructed by the French Protectorate in 1866. That same year, King Norodom moved the Royal court from Oudong to the new Royal Palace in Phnom Penh and the city became the ...
An Angkorian style tower, the inimitable place in the whole city, located in the heart of the capital. It was built in 1958 to Sybilles Cambodian Independence Day after winning back their independence from the French protectorate on the 9th of November 1953. The monument attracts many tourists...
then known as Kambuja, fell into decline after Jayavaram's reign and was nearly annihilated by Thai and Vietnamese invaders. Kambuja's power steadily diminished until 1863, when France colonized the region, joining Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam into a single protectorate known as French Indochi...
Cambodia first came into the French sphere in 1863. Seeking assistance fending off Siam and Vietnam, and under pressure from France, Cambodian King Norodom signed a Protectorate agreement with France in August 1863. On French encouragement, the seat of government was officially moved from Oudong ...
interregnum, 1887-1894; French Protectorate, 1893-1954 Zakarine 1894-1904 Sisavang Vong 1904-1941,1945-1959 Japanese occupation, 1941-1945 Savang Vatthana 1959-1975,d.1978/80/84? Communist "People's"Republic, 1975As the French in Vietnam advanced against Siam, they endeavored to extend "pro...