Angkor Wat
Siem Reap, Cambodia
- Drag Turn
- ←→ Turn 15°, with Shift 90°
- Space Lift the tiers apart
- 1–2 Light a tier, or point at it
- Esc Clear
Tiers
- 01Forecourt, lower terraces and galleries0–23 m
- 02Bakan galleries and towers23–65 m
About
Suryavarman II built this west-facing temple to Vishnu in the 12th century as a model of Mount Meru. Its three rising galleries carry five lotus-bud towers, with twelve original stairways and the southeast visitor stair installed in 2024.
- Location
- Siem Reap, Cambodia
- Height
- about 65 m to the top of the central tower
- Plans
- 215 × 187 m and 115 × 100 m galleries; about 60 m across the upper tower group
- Stairs
- 41 stone steps per flight, 70° except the 50° west axial stair
- Built
- about 1113–1150
- Visitors
- about 2.6 million foreign visitors to the Angkor park in 2018 (Angkor Pass sales)