Angkor Wat Temple

It was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on December 14, 1992. Angkor Wat or (Nokor Wat) is the largest temple complex in Cambodia, covering an area of ​​162.6 hectares (1,626,000 m2). The structure of the temple is considered one of the greatest architectural wonders of the world, built in the 12th century by King Suryavarman II, a king during the Khmer Empire. The temple was built to dedicate to the Hindu religion of Vishnu, and thus Angkor Wat was considered the largest religious temple in the world, as recorded in the Guinness World Records in 1985. Angkor Wat was built in 1122 CE, corresponding to the 12th century, during the reign of King Suryavarman II, who built the temple for his many purposes, by dedicating it to the god Vishnu, commemorating his own achievements, and providing a place of peace for his future death.[3] Angkor Wat was abandoned by the Siamese army in the 14th century by King Paramraja I of Angkor Wat. who announced the abandonment of Angkor in 1388 AD, according to the Genealogy of Cambodian Historical Records in the 1929 book Maha Man Khmer, which was translated by Eng Sut in 1969.[4][5] Angkor Wat continued to be abandoned until King Chantharaja, who led an army to defeat the Siamese in the Angkor region in 1540 AD, repaired Angkor Wat in the eastern and northern galleries and another gallery in the north. The upper part of the central tower shows evidence of decoration with four Buddha images standing back to back in the four cardinal directions, east-west-north-south, which were placed to close the opening of the central tower of the cube, which shows the carving in different styles of the sculptor's hands. The discovery of Angkor Wat by Charles-Emile Bouillevaux, a missionary A French missionary and explorer who visited Angkor in December 1850, he published an account of his explorations in Cambodia in 1858, two years before the arrival of Henri Mouhot in 1860 AD. Charlie Emmanuel arrived in Cochinchina in 1849 and continued his explorations and saw Angkor Wat in 1850. A few months later he stayed with the Phong people in northeastern Cambodia and traveled from Sambor to Ha-Tien in nine days. He then stayed in Laos in 1853 and returned to Cambodia in 1855, arriving in Battambang. He then returned to Europe, serving as abbot of the Choquan from 1867 to 1873. It was not until 1878 that he published his explorations in Cambodia, however, that his publication was later than that of Henry Mohert, who also published his journals and drawings relating to Angkor Wat.