Angkor is a name conventionally applied to the region of Cambodia serving as seat of the Khmer empire in the 9th century to 15th century A.D. The ruins of Angkor are located amid forests and farmland to the north of the Great Lake and south of the Kulen Hills. The temples in Angkor number over a thousand, ranging in scale from nondescript piles of brick rubble which are scattered through rice fields to the magnificent Angkor Wat which is the world’s largest single religious monument. Many of the temples at Angkor have been restored, and together they comprise the most significant site of Khmer architecture.
