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[2590] False door at Angkor Wat

Here is a typical pattern used on a typical richly ornate false door. Given how various temples were built sometimes a century apart, I found the commonness as mildly surprising. It suggests innovation was really slow.

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But it is pretty nonetheless.

This is at Angkor Wat.

I am unsure of its functions but my readings tell me that an actual door typically face east and the other false doors face the other three cardinal directions.

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[2317] Of lion at the Arch

The lion does not have the courage to cross the roundabout of gargantuan magnitude encircling the Arch. He prefers to stay on the other side close to the Champs-Élysées, he tells me.

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[2309] Of Notre Dame

A lot of pain went in to produce this photograph. It was cold in more than one way that night.

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[2304] Of Tampin, Negeri Sembilan

When I think of Tampin, I think of this. Exactly this.

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[2303] Of along Broadway in Sydney

I do think that this building has the most elaborate facade along Broadway.

Yet, it is under appreciated. A lot of people with camera tend to overlook the building, interested in the nearby buildings belonging to the University of Sydney instead.