which was constructed by Khmer King Jayavarman VII as a Buddhist monastery and university. Chiara Goia At its height in the late 12th and 13th centuries, Angkor Wat (seen here from the west ...

When you hear “Khmer Empire,” your mind likely leaps straight to Angkor Wat, and who could blame you? Yet the empire was far ...

The main attraction, Angkor Wat, is surrounded by a broad moat filled ... predominant at the end of the 12th century by King Jayavarman VII. (Although the majority of the country’s Buddhist ...

After the king’s death in 1150, the complex transitioned to a Buddhist site under new King Jayavarman VII, who also built his own extravagant temple city, Angkor Thom, nearby. Angkor Wat ...