Wat Svay Pope (Khmer: វត្តស្វាយពពែ) is a Theravada Buddhist temple located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and built in 1929.
[2] In 2021, the Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said it approved the demolition of the 92-year-old temple located at Svay Pope pagoda in Phnom Penh at the request of the pagoda's chief monk after inspections revealed that it was heavily damaged and structurally unsound.
[3] Immediately after the outburst of criticism on March 7, the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts issued a statement.
[4] The architecture of Wat Svay Pope is rare in terms of post-Angkorian Buddhist structures.
[6] Wat Svay Pope is located along Sothearos Street in front of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Phnom Penh.