Figure 11.24 Angkor Wat, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located 192 miles from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and built between 1113 and 1150 c.e., this temple is regarded as the pinnacle of the Khmer Empire’s architecture. UNESCO named it and surrounding structures a World Heritage Site in 1992. Such a designation helps efforts to safeguard and restore cultural landscapes of global significance. (Courtesy of Ari Dorfsman.)