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Angkor Wat is historically an ancient This temple was built by Suryavarman and is
place which is located in Siem Reap province, considered the biggest Asian pyramid. It is
Cambodia. Throwing back to that era, Angkor over 200 feet high and divided into several
Wat was the center of the Khmer empire that layers. This temple is the largest in the whole
once ruled most of Southeast Asia that Angkor complex and is where the historic site gets its
Wat was largely civilization. Nowadays, even name. The central temple complex has 2,600
though Angkor Wat’s civilization has already feet of bas-reliefs.
gone for many centuries, it remains the ancient .
building and now Angkor Wat turns out
popular, is always packed with tourists around
the world. Despite of an enormous and
beautiful building, this place attracts highly
more than a million tourists to visit and see
how great it is every year. Moreover, the most
popular temples are Angkor Wat, Bayon, Ta
Phrom, and Angkor Thom.
