Angkor Wat

Front side of main complex

Tourists in the interior courtyard

Angkor Wat (Khmer: អង្គរវត្តcode: km is deprecated ) is a temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia. It was built in the early 12th century by the Hindu king Suryavarman II as his state temple and capital city, built for the god Vishnu. Later, it became a Buddhist site. It is the largest religious building in the world. Angkor started to break down in the 14th century.

Angkor Wat Media

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  Photograph of Angkor Wat by Emile Gsell, c. 1866

• View of the West Entrance of Angkor Wat by Delaporte 1873

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  Sketch of Angkor Wat, a drawing by Louis Delaporte, c. 1880

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  Bullet holes left by a shoot-out between the Khmer Rouge and Vietnamese forces at Angkor Wat

• The restored head of a nāga beside an unrestored lion sculpture leading to the entrance of Angkor Wat

• At the magnificent 12th-century temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, World Monuments Fund is restoring the roof of the Eastern gallery of the second enclosure. It houses the Churning of the Sea of Milk, a 70-meter bas relief depicting the Hindu creation legend.

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  An aerial view of Angkor Wat

• Angkor Wat from Phnom Bakheng

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  Side view showing the Gopurams and galleries

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  Ta Reach, originally an eight-armed statue of Vishnu

Other websites

• Angkor Wat - APSARA Authority Official Description Archived 2008-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
• Angkor Archaeological Park travel guide from Wikivoyage