Ta Prohm was built in the Bayon style, largely in the late 12^th & early 13^th Centuries. Located approximately 1km east of Angkor Thom and on the southern edge of the East Baray near Tonle Bati, it was built by the Khmer King Jayavarman VII as a Mahayana Buddhist monastery and university. Unlike most of the other Angkorian temples, Ta Prohm has been left in much the same condition in which it was found: the photogenic and atmospheric combination of trees growing out of the ruins and the jungle surroundings have made it one of Angkor's most popular temples with visitors. After the fall of the Khmer empire in the 15^th Century, the temple of Ta Prohm was abandoned and neglected for centuries. When the effort to conserve and restore the temples of Angkor began in the early 20^th Century, the École Française d'Extrême-Orient decided that Ta Prohm would be left largely as it had been found.