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Angkor Wat

Ankor Wat

Angkor Wat is surrounded by a 200-m.-wide moat, crossed by a bridge on the west. At the end of the bridge is a 200-m. long entrance structure: three central towers flanked on the north and south by a long, pillared corridors that end in entrance gateways opening flat on the ground. An enclosing wall stretches from these gateways around the temple compound.Learn More»

Photo Credit: Andy Brouwer

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