Cambodia's Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat (Angkor) located in Siem Reap Province, away from the capital Phnom Penh, about 240 km. In the 9th century AD to the 15th century, Angkor was Cambodia's Wang Du, the 1990s when the population of several hundred thousand.

Angkor was built in the year 802, was completed in 1201 and lasted around 400 years. Several hundred years in the construction process, Angkor three Center. Wang is the first building in the center bakheng (Jerusalem perpetual losers Bama times), Wang is the second center in the Palestinian-jung Temple (Romania Yinduoluobama II era). Third Dynasty center at Baphuon (Ukraine FOR teeth booby Bama II era). Angkor has twice been looted and destroyed. The first time was in 1177 Champa invaded Cambodia, Angkor suffered looting; The second time was in 1431 Siam invasion army, and captured Angkor. Angkor suffered serious damage to the capital Phnom Penh dynasty. Since then, Angkor was abandoned in the jungle gradually submerged Mang field, the 19th century until the 1960s have not been discovered Henry is said to be a Mouhot French naturalists discovered Angkor Wat.

Angkor Wat existing 600 number, located in an area of 45 square kilometers of forest. Angkor Thom and Angkor small it is the main component of which there are many beautiful pagoda and numerous stone relief, Wei parade. All these pagoda with huge built from stones, and some stones weighing more than 8 tons. Pagoda engraved with the various forms of statues, some as high as a few meters vividly lifelike. Angkor temple of the five lotus bud amongst similar pagoda, the Khmer Nation can be proud of the superb construction. In addition to the Angkor, Angkor small and Wang have three centers, and air women palace palace is the famous Angkor Wat attractions. Air palace is a stone structure of the whole building, reportedly built in the 11th century. Palace built on a 12-meter high platform into a pyramid shape, is divided into three layers. Taiwan center built in a tower, the tower has painted dazzling. The high-profile around the corridors around a stone. Because the Taiwan high, giving hanging in the air, feeling that was named.

Angkor's most construction has collapsed into ruins, but the Angkor Wat magnificent scale, the construction of art bright, still astounding. Archaeologists it with the Great Wall of China, Egypt's pyramids and Borobudur in Indonesia and the East as four miracle. In 1992, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, the whole Angkor Wat as a World Heritage Site.