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The towers of Angkor Wat


The features:

  • Porches, on pillars.
  • High cella and four pseudo storeys, all crowned by cornices.
  • The ground floor has two cornices.
  • On the cornices antefixes are tapering to a point; they are slightly bent inside, thus forming a closed surface and making the roofs of the tower look like filigree.
  • Three round elements, ‘lotus petals'.
  • A conical top.

As a whole the tower looks like a lotus bud.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central tower

 

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