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Friday, April 3, 2015

Ho Phra Keo

Ho Phra Keo Museum
Haw Phra Kaew is a former temple in Vientiane, Laos. It is situated on Setthathirath Road, to the southeast of Wat Si Saket. The interior now houses a museum and a small shop

Ho Phra Keo
Haw Phra Kaew was built in 1565-1566 on the orders of King Setthathirath. The temple housed the Emerald Buddha figurine, which Setthathirath had brought from Chiang Mai, then the capital of Lanna, to Luang Prabang.

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Bronze Buddha statues at Haw Phra Kaew

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Temple in Vientiane

Haw Phra Kaew is a former temple in Vientiane, Laos.

Haw Pha Kaeo
Temple in Vientiane

Ho Phra Kaew
Haw Phra Kaew. Temple in Vientiane, Laos.

Nice temple at Laos
Haw Phra Kaew. Temple in Vientiane, Laos.

Wat Si Saket

Wat Sisaket
Wat Si Saket is a Buddhist wat (temple) in Vientiane, Laos. It is situated on Lan Xang Road, on the corner with Setthathirat Road, to the northwest of Haw Phra Kaew, which formerly held the Emerald Buddha.

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Wat Si Saket was built in 1818 on the orders of King Anouvong (Sethathirath V.) Si is derived from the Sanskrit title of veneration Sri, prefixed to the name of Wat Saket in Bangkok, which was renamed by Anouvong's contemporary, King Rama I.

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Wat Si Saket is a Buddhist temple in Vientiane, Laos. It may now be the oldest temple still standing in Vientiane.

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Wat Si Saket was built in the Siamese style of Buddhist architecture, with a surrounding terrace and an ornate five-tiered roof, rather than in the Lao style.