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[[File:Angkor_Wat.jpg|thumb|Front side of main complex]]
[[File:Angkor Wat, Camboya, 2013-08-15, DD 054.JPG|thumbnail|Tourists in the interior courtyard]]
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'''Angkor Wat''' ({{lang-km|អង្គរវត្ត}}) 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 [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] site. It is the largest religious building in the world. Angkor started to break down in the 14th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.angkor-visit.com/angkor_wat.html |title=Angkor Temple Guide |access-date=October 31, 2010 |year=2008 |publisher=Angkor Temple Guide}}</ref>
== Angkor Wat Media ==
<gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''>
File:Angkor1866.jpg|Photograph of Angkor Wat by [[Emile Gsell]], c. 1866
File:View of the West Entrance of Angkor Wat by Delaporte 1873.jpg|View of the West Entrance of Angkor Wat by Delaporte 1873
File:AngkorWat_Delaporte1880.jpg|Sketch of Angkor Wat, a drawing by [[Louis Delaporte]], c. 1880
File:Bullet holes at angkor wat.jpg|Bullet holes left by a shoot-out between the [[Khmer Rouge]] and Vietnamese forces at Angkor Wat
File:Angkor Wat naga and guardian lion.JPG|The restored head of a [[nāga]] beside an unrestored lion sculpture leading to the entrance of Angkor Wat
File:WMF Angkor Wat.webm|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.
File:Angkor-Wat-from-the-air.JPG|An aerial view of Angkor Wat
File:Angkor Wat from Phnom Bakheng.jpg|Angkor Wat from Phnom Bakheng
File:Angkor Vat (6931599619).jpg|Side view showing the [[Gopuram]]s and galleries
File:Statue in Cambodia.jpg|''Ta Reach'', originally an eight-armed statue of [[Vishnu]]
</gallery>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== Other websites ==
{{Commons category|Angkor Wat}}
* [http://www.autoriteapsara.org/en/angkor/temples_sites/temples/angkor_vat.html Angkor Wat - APSARA Authority Official Description] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506101000/http://www.autoriteapsara.org/en/angkor/temples_sites/temples/angkor_vat.html |date=2008-05-06 }}
* {{wikivoyage-inline|Angkor Archaeological Park}}
{{Religion-stub}}
{{WHSite}}
{{Authority control}}
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[[Category:Archaeological sites in Asia]]
[[Category:Buddhist buildings]]
[[Category:Hinduism]]
[[Category:World Heritage Sites in Asia]]
[[Category:Hindu temples]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Asia]]
[[Category:12th-century buildings and structures]]
[[Category:2nd-millennium establishments in Cambodia]]
[[Category:Siem Reap province]]
[[File:Angkor Wat, Camboya, 2013-08-15, DD 054.JPG|thumbnail|Tourists in the interior courtyard]]
{{maplink|frame=yes|frame-width=220|frame-align=right|zoom=10|type=shape|text=Map}}
'''Angkor Wat''' ({{lang-km|អង្គរវត្ត}}) 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 [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] site. It is the largest religious building in the world. Angkor started to break down in the 14th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.angkor-visit.com/angkor_wat.html |title=Angkor Temple Guide |access-date=October 31, 2010 |year=2008 |publisher=Angkor Temple Guide}}</ref>
== Angkor Wat Media ==
<gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''>
File:Angkor1866.jpg|Photograph of Angkor Wat by [[Emile Gsell]], c. 1866
File:View of the West Entrance of Angkor Wat by Delaporte 1873.jpg|View of the West Entrance of Angkor Wat by Delaporte 1873
File:AngkorWat_Delaporte1880.jpg|Sketch of Angkor Wat, a drawing by [[Louis Delaporte]], c. 1880
File:Bullet holes at angkor wat.jpg|Bullet holes left by a shoot-out between the [[Khmer Rouge]] and Vietnamese forces at Angkor Wat
File:Angkor Wat naga and guardian lion.JPG|The restored head of a [[nāga]] beside an unrestored lion sculpture leading to the entrance of Angkor Wat
File:WMF Angkor Wat.webm|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.
File:Angkor-Wat-from-the-air.JPG|An aerial view of Angkor Wat
File:Angkor Wat from Phnom Bakheng.jpg|Angkor Wat from Phnom Bakheng
File:Angkor Vat (6931599619).jpg|Side view showing the [[Gopuram]]s and galleries
File:Statue in Cambodia.jpg|''Ta Reach'', originally an eight-armed statue of [[Vishnu]]
</gallery>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
== Other websites ==
{{Commons category|Angkor Wat}}
* [http://www.autoriteapsara.org/en/angkor/temples_sites/temples/angkor_vat.html Angkor Wat - APSARA Authority Official Description] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506101000/http://www.autoriteapsara.org/en/angkor/temples_sites/temples/angkor_vat.html |date=2008-05-06 }}
* {{wikivoyage-inline|Angkor Archaeological Park}}
{{Religion-stub}}
{{WHSite}}
{{Authority control}}
{{coord|13|24|45|N|103|52|0|E|type:landmark_region:KH|display=title}}
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Asia]]
[[Category:Buddhist buildings]]
[[Category:Hinduism]]
[[Category:World Heritage Sites in Asia]]
[[Category:Hindu temples]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Asia]]
[[Category:12th-century buildings and structures]]
[[Category:2nd-millennium establishments in Cambodia]]
[[Category:Siem Reap province]]