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Historians say
More than 500 principal sculptures and over a thousand minor ones. UNESCO: 'a majority of sculptures and decorative panels REMAIN IN-SITU AND SOME OF THESE IN AN EXCEPTIONAL STATE OF CONSERVATION', combining religious, mythological and secular imagery, 'OFTEN REFERENCING LITERARY WORKS'.