Banteay Kdei, meaning & x22; A Citadel of Chambers, also known as & x22; Citadel of Monks & x27; cells & x22;, is a Buddhist temple in Angkor, Cambodia. It is located southeast of Ta Prohm and east of Angkor Thom. Built in the mid - 12 th to early 13th centuries during the reign of Jayavarman 7 & x28; who was posthumously giren the title & x22;Maha paramasangata pada& x22; & x29;, it is in the Bayon architectural style similar in plan to Ta Prohm and Preah Khan, but less complex and smaller. Its structures are contained within two successive enclosure walls, and consist of two concentric ralleries from which emerge towers, preceded to the east by a cloister.
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