Angkor Wat

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Architecture · c. 1113–1150 · Angkor, Cambodia · Asia

The world's largest religious monument; its silhouette is on Cambodia's flag

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Style: Khmer art of Angkor — Sandstone temple-mountain: a model of the cosmos with five towers and miles of reliefs
Century: 12th century

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