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Angkor Wat

Religious and Sacred Architecture

A temple complex in present-day Cambodia, built in the early twelfth century under King Suryavarman II as a state temple originally dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu and later transformed into a Buddhist site. It is the largest religious monument in the world by land area and the foremost surviving example of Khmer architecture.

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1113 1
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King Suryavarman II 1
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Architecture 1
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    A temple complex in present-day Cambodia, built in the early twelfth century under King Suryavarman II as a state temple originally dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu and later transformed into a Buddhist site.
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