Angkor Thom & Bayon

Angkor Thom is a large temple complex in Cambodia, built by King Jayavarman VII in the late 12th century. It was the last capital of the Khmer Empire and is famous for its walled city layout, which symbolically represents the universe, and for the central Bayon temple. The city includes numerous structures like the Terrace of the Elephants and features monumental gates with large, serene faces looking in the four cardinal directions

The Bayon is a well-known and richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th or early 13th century as the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman's capital, Angkor Thom.Læs mere