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The world-famous Angkor Wat is the largest and most popular temple in Cambodia. It is located 5,5 km north of the modern city of Siem Reap. Angkor Wat is made in the form of three-tier pyramid and stands at 65 meters from ground level. It was erected by King Suryavarmanom II in the first half of the 12th century as the principal church of the empire. Angkor Wat is the largest and best preserved temple, and has always been a major religious center for Hindus, and then the Buddhist religion.

Angkor Wat is the epitome of the high classical style of Khmer architecture it became a symbol of Cambodia, and is the most famous structure, which most come to visit by the hundreds of thousands of tourists. Angkor Wat is Mount Meru, home of the gods in Hindu mythology that surrounds the moat-long 3600 meters. In the center of Angkor Vata is kvikons towers.

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Unlike most of the temples of Angkor, Angkor Wat is oriented to the west, and scientists still can not come to any explanation of this architectural solutions. As for the grandeur and harmony in architecture, Angkor Wat admire has extensive bas-reliefs and for the numerous Devatami adorn its walls. Designed in accordance with astronomical figures and constellations is key to understanding the sacred cosmology underlying Angkor Vata.

The home design and construction of the temple began in the first half of the 12 century during the reign of Suryavarman II (1113-1150 g). Nowhere in the Angkor had the reflect inscription indicating its original name, but perhaps it was Vrah Vishnulok in honor of the god Vishnu. It seems that the work came to an end after the death of King, some bas-reliefs have never been completed. In 1177 Angkor Wat was looted and its subsequent recovery took up the King Jayavarman VII, who established a new capital and state temple of Angkor Tom Bayon, which are located a few kilometers north of Angkor Wat.

In the 14-15 century it was peresdelan a Buddhist temple, as it is today. Angkor Wat is a unique temple in spite of the fact that she was forgotten, but thanks to the moat that surrounds Angkor Wat, the temple was protected from many attacks and the onset of the jungle. It's modern name is used with 16 century stands for "City Temple": Angkor is derived from the words of the Sanskrit language - Nokor, but wat is translated from the Khmer language as a temple.