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    Angkor Wat: Exterior staircase of the tower at the corner of the second-level gallery
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    Creator(s):
    G. Massiot & cie
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    The second-level enclosure is 100 by 115 m. Three sets of steps on each side lead up to the corner towers and gopuras of the inner gallery. The very steep stairways represent the difficulty of ascending to the kingdom of the gods.

    Angkor Wat is a Hindu temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and part of his capital city. (The Angkorian period dates 802-1432). As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only o…

    Date Created:
    1910-01-01
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