The Bayon
The Bayon takes an easy second places after Angkor Wat .The smile of the four-faced Bayon has become a world-recognized symbol of Cambodia. The towering faces, reaching up to four meters in height, adorn the Bayon Temple at the exact center of Angkor Thom in Siem Reap. As many as 216 faces on the 54 remaining towers, each represented one province of Khmer empire in the ancient time.
The Bayon is now known to have been built by Jayavarman VII . There is still much mystery associated with the Bayon - its exact function and symbolism - and this seems only appropriate for a monument whose signature is an enigmatically smiling face.
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