Guardian Lion Statues - Angkor, Cambodia
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N 13° 26.536 E 103° 57.615
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Lion statues guarding the eastern cruciform terrace at Banteay Samré, Angkor.
Waymark Code: WMEEF4
Location: Cambodia
Date Posted: 05/16/2012
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Banteay Samré is a temple built under Suryavarman II in the early 12th century. It is a Hindu temple in the Angkor Wat style with a single tower.
Banteay Samré is one of the most complete complexes at Angkor due to restoration using the method of anastylosis. Unfortunately, the absence of maintenance over the past 20 years is evident.
The name Samré refers to an ethnic group of mountain people, who inhabited the regions at the base of Phnom Kulen and were probably related to the Khmers. No inscription has been found for this temple, but the style of most of the architecture is of the classic art of the middle period similar to Angkor Wat.
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