Angkor Temples 4

The largest and grandest surviving temple of the Khmer empire is Angkor Wat, built in the first half of the 1100s (a few centuries after the great Mayan temples of Central America and the same time as many of the famous cathedrals of Europe). Its design was intended to represent a microcosm of the Hindu universe in stone. Its great size (900,000 square feet), soaring towers (200 feet tall), walls covered in carved scenes of kings and deities, and imposing setting attest to a time when the Khmer empire was at the height of its power and grandeur.