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| ANGKOR
WAT Central
Tower Angkor Wat Area Temples -
CAMBODIA. |
| The third gallery encloses the five shrines which are built on a raised terrace and are interconnected by galleries. |
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A
Hindu temple, dedicated to the god Vishnu, whose construction
was begun at the beginning of the XII th. Century |
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during the administration of king
Suryavarman II. Its construction lasted 37 years. His name means in
Khmer " the city pagoda ". |
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The main tower of the central
temple represents the mountain " Meru " (or Kailash), the
centre of the universe for the Hindus. |
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