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The Silver Pagoda, officially named Wat Preah Keo Morokat (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), sits within the Royal Palace compound. Its floor is paved with over 5,000 silver tiles, each weighing about one kilogram, and the temple houses Cambodia's most sacred Buddhist artefacts.
King Norodom built the original wooden pagoda in 1892. His successor King Sisowath replaced it with the current structure in 1907, and King Sihanouk added the silver floor during renovations in 1962. The pagoda survived the Khmer Rouge era largely intact.