The most recognizable features are:

• Superimposed roof structures, made by multiple roof tiers, featuring sloping and curved tiled surfaces. This kind of roof is mostly used for temples and royal palaces, but can also be found in representative buildings. The graceful slope of multiple roof tiers creates a less imposing feature to lighten up the roof’s appearance. Because of the large dimensions of the building, the roof would look extremely large and difficult to differentiate from the building. This solution creates a more dynamic visual rhythm of the roof surfaces, adding an aesthetic flow to the structure as a whole.
• Roofs usually have high gables, often finely decorated with golden leafs. The roofs are also characterized by curved and upturned finials at the ends of the ridge poles.
  It’s common to find colonnades around the main pavilions, decorated columns that stretch from the floor to the capital on the overhanging roof. Around the walls, architectural elements such as doors and windows richly adorned with golden leafs, ceramic tiles or mosaics, and flame-like motives can be seen.
• Stupas are common sights throughout the country, and consist of funerary, reliquary and votive monuments in Buddhist culture. Their shape varies from one Asian country to another, but these buildings are typically found around temples and religious sites, as they are often used as graves and mausoleums. The form, dimension, and decoration of the stupa varies according to the wealth of the family.

• Naga statues are mythological characters present in all the Asian cultures. The word ‘Naga’ derives from Sanskrit’s “snake,” an animal which holds much symbolic meaning.
  These mythic characters are commonly seen in Hinduism and Buddhism, and are very often represented in temples and important sites related to these religions.
  The mythological reptile beings are divine, or semi-divine, creatures closely conected to the water element. They often boast magic powers, and are usually represented in 3 forms: snakes, such as cobras or pitons, with multiple heads; half-human, half-snake beings; and humans with snakes attached to their heads or neck.
  The reptile is the consistent feature, but several variations can be found in every Asian country. In Hindu cultures such as India and Nepal, Nagas are considered water-dwelling spirits, protecting bodies of water like rivers, lakes, seas, and wells. In Thailand, Nagas are underworld deities. And in Laos, Nagas are respected water serpents. In China the figure of the snake can be traced through the history of dragon symbology.
  Nagas are especially dear to Cambodian culture, as Cambodians consider themselves: “born from Nagas.” The legend says that the Khmer people were born from the marriage between the King of Ancient Cambodia and the daughter of the King of the Naga People.
  In Cambodia, Nagas are often represented as seven-headed statues, abundantly adorning balustrades, staircases, bridges and gates. The 7 heads hold a specific symbolic meaning. The odd-headed nagas symbolize the infinity and immortality associated with the male energy, while the even-headed nagas symbolize the temporality and mortality of the female energy.