Cambodian Government building, currently the Cambodian Development Council.

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The original Residence-Superiere building was completed prior to 1900, but has long since disappeared. It was replaced by the Cambodian Government building between the two World Wars. In 1991 it became the headquarters of the Supreme National Council and of UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia).

Source for information about the object depicted in the image: Igout, Michel. Phnom Penh Then and Now. Bangkok: White Lotus Co., Ltd., 1993. Muan, Ingrid and Ly Daravuth. Cultures of Independence: An Introduction to Cambodian Arts and Culture in the 1950's and 1960's. Phnom Penh: Reyum, 2001.

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