Angkor Wat
Name of Building
Angkor Wat
Town or City, Country where the building was originally established
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Date the building was designed and/or first built
12th century (estimated date of construction)
1177 (Sacking of Angkor by Cham people)
15th Century (Angkor mostly abandoned)
1863 (French explorer Henri Mouhot come across Angkor Wat)
20th Century (Restoration projects begin)
1970's (Restoration projects halt due to political turmoil)
Mid 1980's (Restoration work resumes)
1992 (Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site in danger status)
2004 (Danger status is removed)
Name of Architect, Builder, or Primary Patron Responsible
Patron: King Suryavarman II
Culturally Specific Time Period
12th century, Khmer Empire, Cambodia
Geo-Location
13.41270933274133, 103.86697497116442
Materials
Sandstone, Brick, and Laterite
Size and/or Scale of Building
162.6 Hectares (402 Acres)
Architectural Type
Religious
Formal Style
Khmer Empire
Building Description
Angkor Wat is a very large temple complex that is primarily square in shape. Currently the stone walls are white with brown stains caused by weathering. The brown color tends to be more apparent on the roofs of the structure. The temple itself is surrounded by a large stone wall with pillars supporting a small overhang. There are two types of towers that protrude from the temple. Smaller flat topped cylindrical towers mark the corners of the temple's inner wall. While the temple itself has five taller pointed cylindrical towers at its four corners and a large one present in the center. Angkor Wat contains various bas reliefs of important religious figures of the region. The building and entire complex was and is still primarily used as a religious site for both Buddhist and Hindu religions.
Image source
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Creative Commons or other copyright information
Image 1: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Image 2: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Image 3: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic
Image 4: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
Student First and Last Name
Jayce Johnson
Bibliographic references for the item
1. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/668/
2. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Angkor-Wat
3.https://www.angkorenterprise.gov.kh/temple/65/angkor-wat#:~:text=Angkor%20Wat%20is%20a%20temple,1%2C626%2C000%20m2%3B%20402%20acres).
4. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247878036_The_stone_materials_of_the_Angkor_monuments_Cambodia_The_magnetic_susceptibility_and_the_orientation_of_the_bedding_plane_of_the_sandstone
2. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Angkor-Wat
3.https://www.angkorenterprise.gov.kh/temple/65/angkor-wat#:~:text=Angkor%20Wat%20is%20a%20temple,1%2C626%2C000%20m2%3B%20402%20acres).
4. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247878036_The_stone_materials_of_the_Angkor_monuments_Cambodia_The_magnetic_susceptibility_and_the_orientation_of_the_bedding_plane_of_the_sandstone
Collection
Citation
Patron: King Suryavarman II, “Angkor Wat,” World Architecture, accessed June 28, 2026, https://worldarchitecture.artinterp2.org/items/show/50.
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