Cité universitaire internationale de Paris. Maison du Cambodge

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Date: 28.06.1954.Dom Cambodia was built thanks to the donation of the Royal Government of Cambodia, made in 1950. It was opened in 1957 after gaining the independence of Cambodia in the presence of President René Coty and Prince Norodom Sihanouk. The building was designed by French architect Alfred AUDOUL. Last chose U-shaped building, the classical form of rich Khmer decorative elements. Asian motifs can be seen, for example, in horizontal bands, reminiscent of the temples of Angkor, and granite sculptures representing two obezyany.Nachinaya since the 1970s, the civil war in Cambodia has caused problems in the student community of Cambodians in Paris. In 1973, there were clashes between students with severe consequences. Becoming uncontrollable, the hostel was closed. It resumed work only thirty years later... The building, abandoned for thirty years, has suffered greatly.