| 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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