This temple has fifty-four towers with faces of avalokitashvara carved on four sides. It is built as a pyramid,gradually rising to the central santuary,forthy-five meters high.
Bayon is unique amond all Angkor-period ruins in its construction.The faces of Avalokiteshvara have been carved into huge blocks of stone hoisted into position,creating and aesthetic of overwhelming force and boldness.
The faces of Avalokiteshvara carved on the four sides of towers take on different expressions,sometimes forbidding,sometimes gentle and compassionate,with the changing light of sunset.
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