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English: Angkor (meaning "City") is the name of a region near the modern city of Siem Reap in Cambodia, that was the center of Kambuja or Kambujadesha, the historical kingdom of the Khmer-People from the 9th until the 15th century a.d.
Deutsch: Angkor (wörtlich "Stadt") bezeichnet eine Region nahe der Stadt Siem Reap in Kambodscha, die vom 9. bis zum 15. Jahrhundert das Zentrum des historischen Khmer-Königreiches Kambuja bildete.
[edit] Angkor
Aerial view of the Angkor area
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Aerial view with map of the area (English description)
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Aerial view with map of the area (German description)
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Map showing the location of Angkor
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Map of the Khmer Empire under Jayavarman VII (French indications)
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[edit] Angkor Thom
[edit] Situation
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Giants lining the approach to the South Gate
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The balustrade to the right
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The South Gate, seen from inside the city
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Victory Gate, one of the two eastern gates
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[edit] Baphuon
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Reconstruction drawing of 1889
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Bas-relief (market scene)
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Bas-relief (battle on the Tonle Sap lake)
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Relief (Tonle Sap lake and market)
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Relief (war scene with a war elefant)
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A notice about the restoration
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[edit] Phimeanakas
[edit] Preah Palilay
The sanctuary, hiding behind trees
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[edit] Terrace of the Elephants
[edit] Terrace of the Leper King
Leper King (National Museum, Phnom Penh)
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The replica on the terrace
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Figures from the inner part of the terrace
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[edit] Angkor Wat
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Photography taken in 1866
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Suryavarman II depicted in a bas-relief
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Etching published in 1880
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[edit] Baksei Chamkrong
A single brick tower on a laterite pyramid
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[edit] Banteay Kdei
[edit] Banteay Samre
[edit] Banteay Srei
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Antechamber (mandapa) in front of the main sanctuary
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Lintel stone, showing Shiva Nataraj
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East pediment of the north library
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[edit] Eastern Mebon
[edit] Kbal Spean
River bed sculpted with lingas and divine images
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[edit] Neak Pean
[edit] Phnom Bakheng
[edit] Prasat Kravan
[edit] Pre Rup
[edit] Preah Khan
[edit] Roluos Group
[edit] Bakong
[edit] Preah Ko
[edit] Ta Keo
[edit] Ta Prohm
[edit] Ta Som