What an amazing construction it had been, raised in only a few months for one of the most moving events in recent Khmer history.
A few days before citizens had walked their dogs on the very same place until King Father Norodom Sihanouk had died.
And then, after the cremation was done, that stunning monument had gone away just like Norodom Sihanouk, who had so much meaning and importance for so many people in Cambodia.
What a difference it had made, when the construction had started and when the demolition was completed after the funeral.
The construction of the monument had started in November 2012.