opens to the four cardinal points by entrance pavilions and stairways.

The three steps are raised on a vast terrace, 2 m high, and surrounded by naga balustrades.

The steps are each roughly half as large and double as high as the step under it.

Each step is crowned by surrounding galleries.

The first step, containing the gallery of the bas-reliefs, is 203 m large and 3 m high.

Pavilions mark the corners. At the corners of the second tier are four towers, their superstructure is partly missing.

The summit of Angkor Wat: The upper cruciform gallery

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