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  Worldvisitguide > Places > Bayon of Angkor Thom > Outdoor Architecture
Outdoor Architecture
Bayon of Angkor Thom
Outdoor Architecture
10 sections, 80 items and 142 pictures available
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The Bayon
approx. 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)
approx. between 1200 and 1290

East Gorupa (16)
approx. between 1200 and 1290

North Gorupa (6)
approx. between 1200 and 1290

East wall (3)
approx. 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)
approx. between 1200 and 1290

South wall (1)
approx. between 1200 and 1290

Inner east gallery (16)
approx. between 1200 and 1290

Inner north gallery (8)
approx. between 1200 and 1290

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