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Angkor Wat

art material performance architecture site core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Khmer imperial architecture, builders and patronage context

Canon Rationale

A core Khmer architectural and sacred-site complex, included for temple mountain form, Vishnu/Hindu and later Buddhist use, bas-relief programs, empire, landscape, and conservation.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 79.

Evidence

  • institutional list: UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 'Angkor'.
  • field survey: Smarthistory, 'Angkor Wat'.

Audit Flags

access preservation required, community context required

Sensitivity Flags

living tradition, display context distorting

Completion unit: study the site through plans, images, bas-relief/iconography context, and conservation-aware notes.

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