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Angkor Wat is historically an ancient place which is
located in Siem Reap province, Cambodia. Throwing
back to that era, Angkor Wat was the center of the Bayon was built by Jayavarman VII, the temple
Khmer empire that once ruled most of Southeast Asia stands in the center of Angkor Thom. With its 54 towers
that Angkor Wat was largely civilization. Nowadays, and 216 faces of Avalokiteshvara, this temple looks best
even though Angkor Wat’s civilization has already gone in the morning just after sunrise or at the end of the
for many centuries, it remains the ancient building and afternoon. The temple was built on 3 levels: the first 2
now Angkor Wat turns out popular, is always packed are rectangular, while the 3rd is circular.
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.

This temple was built by Suryavarman and is
considered the biggest Asian pyramid. It is over 200 feet
high and divided into several layers. This temple is the
largest in the whole complex and is where the historic
site gets its name. The central temple complex has
2,600 feet of bas-reliefs.

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Ta Prohm

Ta Prohm was still covered by the jungle, this
place is exactly as they found it. Ta Prohm makes it easy
to imagine how the whole complex looked when it was

re-discovered in the 19th-century. If you come early, you
can avoid the crowds who arrive mid-day. It’s the second
Bayon best complex behind Bayon.