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Angkor Wat

. Angkor Wat, forming a rectangle of about 1,500 by 1,300 metres, covers an area - including its 190 metre wide moats - of nearly 200 hectares. The external enclosure wall defines an expanse of 1,025 metres by 800, or 82 hectares. It is the largest monument...

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2 octobre 2007

Bakong

. In its pyramidal form Bakong presents itself as having been the main temple of Hariharalaya, where the cult of the god king was practised. Here the idol could be elevated in dignity above the plains bordering the great lake, and here the Khmer royalty...

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1 octobre 2007

Phnom Bakheng

. Thirteen hundred metres north of the western axial entrance to Angkor Wat and 400 metres south of the southern gate of Angkor Thom, to the west of the road, one can see a wide track in the forest ascending a natural hill of 60 metres in height. This...

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29 septembre 2007

Bantey Kdai

. At the temple’s western entrance, one finds another example of the spirit of confusion, although less so than at Ta Prohm and Prah Khan, that is characteristic of the monuments built, transformed or completed by Jayavarman VII - and of the crowding...

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28 septembre 2007

Ta Prohm

. Even though the relentless force of the vegetation is the cause of so much damage, the École Française d’Extrême-Orient felt obliged to leave at least one temple in Angkor as an example of the “natural state” that so marvelled the early explorers, while...

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27 septembre 2007

Terrace of Elephants

. The terrace of the Elephants in its present form extends in length for over 300 metres -from the Baphuon to the terrace of the Leper King - though the two extremities remain imprecise in their layout and the terrace itself shows evidence of additions...

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26 septembre 2007

Leper King Terrace

. The terrace of the Leper King lies just to the north of the Terrace of the Elephants, aligned with it but standing separate. As a mound of masonry about 25 metres across by 6 high, it forms a redented bastion with sides that are lined in sandstone and...

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25 septembre 2007

Bayon Faces

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24 septembre 2007

Bayon

. Separated by less than a century, the Bayon is the antithesis of Angkor Wat. While this latter sits at ease in its successive enclosure walls, realising according to a spacious plan a vast architectural composition through the harmonious equilibrium...

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22 septembre 2007

Ta Som

. From the eastern Mebon, Ta Som appears on the right, a little after the 13th kilometre marker stone, as a tower with four faces of Lokesvara entwined within the roots of a giant Ficus tree that crowns it perfectly. Several of the roots have pierced...

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