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Bayon-Style Banteay Kdei

 09 December, 2009
Wednesday

Banteay Kdei was another temple at Angkor built in the late 12th to early 13th centuries. It was a Buddhist temple in the Bayon style, similar in plan to Ta Prohm and Preah Khan, but smaller and less complex.

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Its structures were contained within two successive enclosure walls, and consisted of two concentric galleries from which emerged towers, preceded to the east by a cloister.

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More photos of Banteay Kdei below.

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More information on Banteay Kdei on Wikipedia.

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