Identifier: travelsincentral01mouh (find matches)
Title: Travels in the central parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos : during the years 1858, 1859, and 1860
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Mouhot, Henri, 1826-1861 Mouhot, Charles
Subjects: Mouhot, Henri, 1826-1861
Publisher: London : John Murray
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
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and in this respect it resembles all theother buildingsâis a double one, constructed externallyof sculptured stone, the blocks in the interior being plain;they were formerly hidden by a ceiling, also sculptured,of which some remains may still be remarked. Theedifice divides the wall into two equal parts; upon theother sides, and facing the monument, are three pavilions,33 metres in length. This imposing colonnade, which, from its great lengthand beautiful proportions, attracts the attention from adistance, forms a fitting entrance to the great monument. The Temple.âCommencing from the buildmg whichforms the principal entrance, is a second causeway,9 metres wide by 342 metres in length; it is raised1 metre from the level of the ground. It is covered withhuge blocks of stone, carefully joined together throughoutits entire length, and is surrounded by a balustrade, par-tially in ruins, about 10 centimetres high, composed oflong stones, with bevelled edges, very massive, and covered
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Chap. XH. TEMPLE OF ONGCOE. 289 witli sculptures. On each side are six platforms of earth,ascended by several steps, upon each of which is a serpentwith seven heads, some erect, others thrown back. In the centre of the causeway are two elegant pavilions,one on each side, having at each extremity a portico33 metres 66 centimetres in length. At the end of thecauseway, and at the foot of the terrace, are, on each sideof the latter, two ponds or sheets of water. A balustrade,like that of the causeway, and resting like it upon asculptured basement, springs from the foot of the terrace,and runs all round the monument. At certain intervalsthere are large stau-cases of several steps each. The Terrace.âThe terrace is 2 metres 30 centimetresin height, and is surrounded by 112 fluted columns, sur-mounted by capitals, formed in each case of one singleblock of stone. The basement, like that of the wholebuilding, is ornamented with very beautiful sculpturedcornices, varied in style, and entirely

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