奧古斯特‧波塞爾的日記中對這個地方有如下的描述：「我走到街道的中央，站在一幢廟宇的對面，在一棵樹根向四面伸展的大樹下寫生，但迅即為好奇的村民所包圍。」In his diary Auguste Borget describes how he drew this picture: ’I advanced to the middle part of the street and stationing myself opposite the temple, under an immense tree, whose roots stretched out on every side, I commenced sketching and was soon surrounded by gazers’.