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angor wat

"Angkor Wat"



    Is a temple complex located in the area of Angkor in Cambodia, built by King Serfarman second at the beginning of the twelfth century to be the official state temple and capital. He is now the only temple in the region, which is still important religious center since its inception thanks to the care given to the best; where he was a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu, then became a Buddhist temple. Angkor Wat is a genuine example of Khmer architecture, has become a symbol of Cambodia, appearing on its national flag, as well as being the main attraction for visitors in the state.
















Angkor Wat combines between the two designs in the basic architecture of Khmer temples, namely: the Temple Mount and the corridors of the temple, which was built later, and inspired by ancient Hindu architecture in South India, including landmarks such as the verses Aljqati Hinduism. Angkor Wat is designed to represent Mount Meru, home of the gods in Hindu mythology. There are three corridors of the rectangular one above the other inside surrounded by a moat surrounds the external wall of the temple with a length of 3.6 kilometers. And stands five towers in the center of the temple in the form of a lotus flower. Angkor Wat directed to the west Unlike most of the temples of the region, and the scholars differed on the significance of it. The consistency of style and grandeur of the building and sculptures scattered highlights the lives and Guardian that adorn the walls make the temple admired by people.


The name means talking -ongkor At- and Temple City. Angkor is a slang word derived from the word Nokor taken from the Sanskrit word nagara meaning capital, but it is the word Khmer Wat means temple. The temple was earlier known as the "wild Bsnolok" a title given to the founder Serfarman second after his death.
Angkor Wat is a model example of authentic traditional Khmer architecture, which is now called the model of Angkor Wat. Engineers became Alkhmiriun in the twelfth century and skilled in the use of bold sandstone rocks instead Manaltob or red sand (Allatyraat) as a basic material in construction. The sandstone used in the construction of most of the areas of the phenomenon, and Allatyraat in the outer wall of the building and the hidden parts of the building, did not know until now the material used to bind the stone blocks some, but likely use of resins or calcium hydroxide.
The cast of Angkor Wat plaudits for consistency designed architecture which compares the Greek and Romanian. He says the values ​​of Angkor in the mid-twentieth century Morris Gelaaz that the temple was perfect classical antiquity elements of a balanced manner and excellent accuracy organizing its dimensions, and its construction combines strength, harmony and beauty of the method.
And include basic characteristics of the model in terms of engineering the Gothic arch, towers and gear in the form of lotus buds, and half the galleries that work on the expansion of runways, corridors that connect the central fence, porches crusade figure that appear along the main axis of the temple. The temple is decorated models of the Guardian Spirits graphics and beautiful girls, and reliefs, wreaths and flowers scattered on Rulasrat graphics and anecdotal. The statues of Angkor Wat traditional, as characterized by inertia and are less beautiful than the statues of the oldest, [16] and has destroyed some of the other design elements because of the looting or the passage of time, and that the inscriptions plaster painted in gold on the towers, and the gold plating on some reliefs and ceiling panels, wooden doors .
Followed the model of Angkor Wat Temple era Bayonne, where neglected quality for quantity. And other temples that are interested in style: Pantai Samaritan and Thomanon and Chao Sai Tyuda, and Barba Pitho oldest temples in Angkor. Outside of Angkor, there is predisposed Ping and parts of Phanom Rung and Fimaa.

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