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About Angkor Wat Archaeological Park
In Cambodia for magnificent temples and ruins Angkor Wat Archaeological Park is the home which includes the Angkorian-era Khmer Empire’s legendary Bayon, Angkor Wat and dozens of ancient ruins and temples. This site is located just outside the Siem Reap City in the northwestern Cambodia and its area it 400 square kilometers. Now the Angkor Wat is a World Heritage Site announced by the UNESCO.
For the Angkor Wat Archaeological Park Siem Reap City is the gateway. Within the park ground there is no hotel and in the Siem Reap City all the hotels and restaurants of almost area’s situated here. Siem Reap City is situated in the South from the Angkor Wat Archaeological Park and about 3 km north from that town the main entrance of the park is located. In this area there are Roluos Group of temples with exception which is 13 km east from Siem Reap, north of the town for 6-25 km this is the most important ruins of temple. The visitors have to decide some things and do some necessary works if they want to visit the Angkor Wat Archaeological Park such as the duration of the visit, for temple visiting arrange transportation, purchase an admission park, the temple itinerary plan out, and manage tour guide or a guidebook.
History and Construction
The Angkor Wat Archaeological Park represent the millennium old Khmer Empire capital by the temples ruins of this amazing place. In Cambodia the ethnic group were and the dominant group of people. Between the 9ty and 15th centuries A.D. across much of the mainland of Southeast Asia stretched the Angkorian-era Khmer Empire and it was the capital city of that empire which situated north of the Siem Reap Cambodia and both of that refers by the ‘Angkor’.
Between the 9th and 12th A.D. most of the temple of Angkor Wat were built and represent the pinnacle of art, architecture and civilization of ancient Khmer Empire. As the height of Khmer Empire the Age of Angkor was the time of power and wealth. By more than a million people was populated the capital city Angkor, grand temples and vast waterworks for the people were constructed by the Khmer Emperors, over the area of the modern Cambodia held sway the Empire’s economic, cultural and military dominance, as well as much of the Laos, Southern Vietnam and Thailand.
Planning of the visit
Within the Angkor Wat Archaeological Park there are dozens of ruins of the temples. The area of a temple is large, often about kilometers and it varies in condition, interest and importance. Prepare a preliminary itinerary is the best if the visitors want to visit this place in order to cover most of the area. On the level of visitor’s interest and on the length of the visit the itinerary should depend though there are some must see ruins. The legendary Angkor Wat and Bayon should include in the itinerary. Angkorian art and architecture unique examples which is spectacular offers by these two temples. Visitors will see some minor ruins and the South Gate on the road trip to Bayon. Within the walking distance of the Bayon as it is, with the massive ‘temple-mountains’ and with its interesting artistically terraces of the central Angkor Thom, Phimeanakas and Baphuon can usually include.
As the interest and time allows the visitors, they should build the rest itinerary for the visiting the major temple mountains and ruins of each type such as Ta Keo, West Mebon, Pre Rup, Bakong; Preah Khan, Banteay Kdei, and Ta Prohm which are the sprawling, flat monastic complexes; and Srah Srang and Neak Pean which are the unique monuments. The early Khmer capital’s the Roluos Group is comprised the monuments, from the Siem Reap about 13 km west it lies. This place is little bit far from the main archaeological site but the early Angkorian’s art offers this place and visitors should include this place in their visiting schedule. If the visitors have enough time they can visit the Banteay Srey, a distant temple but rich artistically.
(Will continue in Part 2………)
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