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Angkor Thom (The Great City)
Angkor Thom is another important tourist attraction in Angkor region. Its south gate is about 1.7 km north of entrance to Angkor Wat.
The city is surrounded by a vast 100-metter-braod moat. Visitors can travel across the moat by five causeways leading to five entrances.The laterite city wall, with a parapet on the top, is a rectangular enclosure surrounding with 3 kilometers long on each side and around 10 meters high. In the enclosure of the city,here are so many attractive and important buildings of Angkor Era such as:
Bayon temple, Bapuon temple, Phimeanakas temp and the Royal Palace, Elephants Terrace, Leper King Terrace, and other hundreds of constructions.
Other Places:
Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Bayon, Baphoun, terrace of elephant and leper king, Phimeanakas, Banteay Srei, Ta Prohm, Ta Keo, Kravan, Pre Rup, Mebon, Neak Pean, Preah Khan, Roluos group temples(Prah Ko, Bakong and Lolei), Kbal Spean, Kulen mountain, Phnom Kulen, Beng Mealea, Group of Koh Ker
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