"Angkor's overall layout was originally enclosed by a vast wall (now almost completely vanished) within which was a wide moat embracing the entire temple compound. Through a propylaea one traverses a lengthy causeway to the outermost of three walled, nearly square palisades that enclose the temple area proper. Continuing past courtyards containing two libraries and places for meditation, one arrives at the innermost sanctum, resting on a high podium and reached by challengingly steep stairs reminiscent of those in Mayan temples. An elaborately layered, unmortared stone tower crowns the center, rising to a height of 213 feet, with similar but slightly lower towers in each corner. Their sovereign profile is memorable."

"Angkor Wat was a religious compound and sepulchre for the god-king of a scope never seen before or after. Of unknown architect, this high point of Khmer culture was abandoned in 1431, when the area fell to the Thais."

— from G.E. Kidder Smith. Looking at Architecture. p50.

Details

The complex measures 4,250 by 5,000 feet.

The central tower is 215' tall.