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❖Angkor Wat Courtyard, Cambodia, 2024[open in full screen]  

 
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Angkor Wat ("City/Capital of Temples") is a Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia. Located on a site within the ancient Khmer capital city of Angkor, it is considered the largest religious structure in the world by Guinness World Records.

  Originally constructed in 1150 CE as a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Vishnu, it was gradually transformed into a Buddhist temple towards the end of the century.

In the 20th century, a considerable effort was launched to clear the plant overgrowth and restore the temple complex. Angkor Conservancy was established by the École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) in 1908.

  The Conservation d'Angkor was responsible for the research, conservation, and restoration activities carried out at Angkor until the early 1970s with major restoration works undertaken in the 1960s.[26][27] Cambodia gained independence from France on 9 November 1953 and has controlled Angkor Wat since then.

VR Photographs by
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