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Laos

Tradition present: Buddhism

One place written in Laos. Each carries its history, architecture, site and orientation, festivals, and the way to get there.

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Pha That Luang · Viêng Chăn · BuddhismLAOSN

Each dot is one placeHover to see its name, click to open its page

IPlaces Written

The Vietnamese side has 1 pages, the English side 0. Translation follows the writing and is being done gradually, starting with the places most read from abroad. If you would like to contribute a translation, see the box below.

Buddhism · Viêng Chăn · 1566VIPha That LuangPha That Luang, ພະທາດຫຼວງ, That Luang, Great Stupa, Đại Bảo Tháp Viêng Chăn, Thạt Luổng

Đại bảo tháp vàng cao 45 mét, biểu tượng quốc gia của Lào, do vua Setthathirath dựng năm 1566 khi dời kinh đô Lan Xang về Viêng Chăn, trên nền một ngôi tháp mà truyền thuyết cho là giữ xá lợi Phật từ thế kỷ 3 TCN. Tháp ba tầng tượng trưng vũ trụ Phật giáo, được trùng tu thập niên 1930, là nơi mở hội Thạt Luổng rằm tháng 12 âm lịch Lào.

That Luang Road, quận Xaysettha, thủ đô Vientiane (cách trung tâm khoảng 4 km)

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Photo: Benh LIEU SONG (Flickr), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

IIHelp Us Build This

This library is open and free, and it records its own progress in public. Three things you can help with today:

  1. Name a place we missedA founding temple, a church, a mosque, a shrine the table above does not have. Send the name, the province, and one line on why it belongs.
  2. Send a photograph with an open licenceNothing is published without both the photographer and the licence. Your own photograph with your permission, or an openly licensed one, are both welcome.
  3. Report an errorA wrong date, a wrong Chinese name, a wrong lineage, a wrong address. A library that is wrong once is not trusted again, so corrections are very welcome.

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IIILog

  • 25/09/2026Openly licensed photographs obtained for 29 of the 30 places in the first batch of stage 5. The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque has no suitable photograph yet and keeps a colour card for now.
  • 24/09/2026Stage 5, one place for every country, first batch: 30 articles written for 30 countries that had no place yet, one of the most notable places in each (Bulguksa, the Temple of Confucius in Qufu, Angkor Wat, Borobudur, Masjid al-Haram, St Peter's Basilica, Guadalupe and others). Awaiting openly licensed photographs.
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?Quick Questions

Why are there no opening hours or ticket prices

Because they change constantly. A library that is wrong once about a practical detail loses its standing on everything else. Check with the place itself before you travel.

Where do the images come from

From Wikimedia Commons under open licences, each credited to its photographer, or photographed by UK MASTER ACADEMY. No image is published without both its author and its licence.

How were these places chosen

Four tests: it is officially listed as a heritage site, it belongs to a tradition this library covers, its site and orientation can be read in feng shui terms, and an openly licensed photograph exists.

Why is my country still grey

The library opens one country at a time, beginning with the countries that have the most readers, and within each country with its most significant places. A grey country is simply one whose turn has not come. Suggestions are welcome through the page of Master Ưng Khiêm.

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