When the inveterate 19th-century French traveler Xavier Brau de Saint-Pol Lias first saw Phnom Penh, he declared it to be unlike any other place he had ever been: the red-tiled roofs; the white and gold-leafed temple domes; the Phnom pagoda, constructed by a wealthy woman named Penh as a tomb for her husband; the houses on stilts; and the boats bobbing up and down at the confluence of the Mekong, Bassac, and Tonle Sap rivers. What a splendid port this inland city might be, he wrote, for the entire Mekong Delta, from Siam to Indochina.
But it was only a dream. Many centuries ago, he continued, Cambodia had been the seat of one of the greatest civilizations in human history. Now the region seemed dead, a desolate, impoverished place "ravaged by war and piracy." Yet there was hope, for "a country does not simply die; its inhabitants renew themselves, and the eternally fertile land will give up its treasures to those who know how to possess them."
Nowadays Phnom Penh is the most modern interesting, beautiful capital city. There are a lot of new buildings. The new national assembly building in Phnom Penh. Located next to the Naga casino, it was constructed at a cost of $26.7 million. The new building has 300 rooms and a main assembly hall capable of seating 211 parliamentarians. His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk opens the ceremony for the inauguration of the new National Assembly. Finally, I would to say again and again that Phnom Penh is the best Place I like the most.
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