Tuesday 6 December 2011

Temples of Angkor Wat

 Angkor Wat (temple city)
  • centre tower symbolizes Mt. Meru, smaller towers-other mountains in view
  • largest religious building in the world
  • surrounded by a 190m wide moat
  • sandstone blocks were harvestes 50 km away and floated down Siem Reap River on Rafts

bullet holes from civil war in 1970's

















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