Takaov Gate
The western gate attained a very different purpose, that is execution. No one really knows how exactly this name came to be, only the tale behind the gates among all five. As the story goes, criminals who committed treason or unforgivable acts in the capital area would receive death sentences. The last gate idles behind Angkor Thom would be the graveyard and the last sight of life of the criminal. Bound by ropes and chain and sided by two guards. Through the center of the exit, out goes to the open dirt to dig up their own grave before the execution.
Buried by stone, rocks or earth where the difference of choice of their burial. Rest at the end of the pavement of the red soil, stands a very old rampart structure of the Temple, Takaov. The scenery of this gate so far is the most eroding and decaying. The bridge of the Churning of the sea of milk replaces with trees, roots, grassland, and dust from the red soil of the main road. The structure reinforces with wooden columns, wire binds the faces from falling off of each other. Roots of trees stretch across covering the outer view creating a very ancient atmosphere of ruins. All surrounded by boulders, fallen figures and the powerful trees of nature.
| Date Built | Late 12th century AD |
| Built By | Jayavarman VII |
| Religion | Hinduism |
