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Outdoor Architecture
Bayon of Angkor Thom
Outdoor Architecture
10 sections, 80 items and 142 pictures
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The Bayon
circa between 1200 and 1295
The temple is orientated towards the east, and so its buildings are set back to the west inside enclosures elongated along the east-west axis.

Path going to the east Gopura (2)
circa between 1200 and 1290

East Gorupa (16)
circa between 1200 and 1290

North Gorupa (6)
circa between 1200 and 1290

East wall (3)
circa between 1200 and 1290
The outer gallery encloses a courtyard in which there are two libraries (one on either side of the east entrance). Originally the courtyard contained 16 chapels, but these were subsequently demolished by the Hindu restorationist Jayavarman VIII.

North wall (5)
circa between 1200 and 1290

South wall (1)
circa between 1200 and 1290

Inner east gallery (16)
circa between 1200 and 1290

Inner north gallery (8)
circa between 1200 and 1290

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