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Angkor Wat

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Gabriel Mckee

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Oct 07, 2017 11:46 AM — History

tags: extant remains, UWHS

The principal temple of Angkor, the capital city of the Khmer empire, Angkor Wat was constructed in the 12th century CE. Angkor was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1992.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/835369289

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
13.4124738681, 103.866878386

Locations:

OSM location of Angkor Wat (AD 850 - AD 1200)

Names:

Angkor Wat (English, modern)

Angkor Wat makes connections with:

Angkor Wat part of (administrative) Angkor (AD 850 - AD 1200)

Angkor Wat receives connections from:

None

Place type:
temple

References:

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

The Angkor Wat complex covers an area of approximately 162.6 hectares (1,626,000 m²; 402 acres). Its original purpose was to serve as a temple of the Hindu god Vishnu but it was transformed into a Buddhist temple by the late twelfth century.

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Angkor Wat: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2017 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/835369289> [accessed: 16 November 2019]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/835369289 |title=Places: 835369289 (Angkor Wat) |author=Mckee, G. |accessdate=November 16, 2019 4:58 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Angkor Wat