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The temple of Angkor Wat is a shining example of the classical style of Khmer architecture, which he gave this name. By 12 century Khmer architects had become more skilled and have been actively using sandstone as the main construction material. Style Angkor Wata in the latter was transferred to other churches. 

Angkor Wat deserves admiration above all the harmony of its design, which is not in the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome. According to the French archaeologist and architect Maurice Glaize "Angkor Wat is perfected classically restrained monumentality of its finely balanced with the elements and the exact mechanism of scale. It is a work of power, unity and style " of the typical elements of the Angkor style included in the tower in the form of a lotus, extended passages of galleries, art galleries axle housings, and the cruciform terraces which are observed along the main axis of the temple.

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Most of the structures of Angkor wool is made from blocks of sandstone, and Leathery was used for exterior walls and hidden structural parts. The connecting elements between the blocks have not yet determined, but there are natural resins and slaked lime. Other design elements have been destroyed by time and repeated looting: gilded stucco on the towers, bas-reliefs as well as ceiling panels and doors. Typical are the decorative elements Devaty (Apsara), bas-reliefs and the fronts extensive garlands and painted parts of the walls.

Angkor Wat has much in common in the model and architecture of the Indian temple of Tamil Nadu. Temple of Mount Meru substitutes the central location of towers and the staggered pattern symbolizes the five peaks of the mountains, and the wall and the moat of the surrounding mountains and the ocean. Access to the upper part of the Angkor Wat is more private and laity are permitted only on the very first level.

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Unlike most Khmer temples, Angkor Wat is oriented to the west, which causes many to think that this funerary temple for King Suryavarman. Another confirmation of this view is provided by the bas-reliefs executed counter-clockwise, which in Hindu terminology is referred to as reverse the normal order. The archaeologist Charles Higham also describes a container which can be funerary urn, and was removed from the central tower. Others noted that several temples of Angkor depart from the typical eastern orientation of the fact that they are followers of Vishnu, who was connected with the West.