Bayon temple, Birdview

Bayon temple, Birdview

Bayon temple is well known with the most distinctive features, four on each tower pointing to the four directions. The serenity and smiling faces may represents the face of King Jayavarman VII, on the many towers which jut out from the upper terrace and cluster around its central peak – with its original setting and comprising of 54 towers.

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