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<< Our Photo Pages >> Wat Phou - Ancient Village or Settlement in Laos

Submitted by ModernExplorers on Saturday, 06 October 2012  Page Views: 2950

Multi-periodSite Name: Wat Phou Alternative Name: Wat Phu
Country: Laos Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Champasak
Latitude: 14.657866N  Longitude: 105.969998E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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ModernExplorers visited on 1st Dec 2008 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Smaller Temple complex but some very interesting rock carvings - an elephant and reptoid type figure

Wat Phou
Wat Phou submitted by ModernExplorers : One of the temples (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Laos

The Champasak cultural landscape, including the Vat Phou Temple complex, is a remarkably well-preserved planned landscape more than 1,000 years old. It was shaped to express the Hindu vision of the relationship between nature and humanity, using an axis from mountain top to river bank to lay out a geometric pattern of temples, shrines and waterworks extending over some 10 km. Two planned cities on the banks of the Mekong River are also part of the site, as well as Phou Kao mountain. The whole represents a development ranging from the 5th to 15th centuries, mainly associated with the Khmer Empire.

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Wat Phou
Wat Phou submitted by ModernExplorers : An ancient walkway leading to some temples (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wat Phou
Wat Phou submitted by ModernExplorers : A strange carving that looked a bit like a crocodile but to me looked 'other worldly'. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wat Phou
Wat Phou submitted by ModernExplorers : An elephant carved in the rock. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wat Phou
Wat Phou submitted by ModernExplorers : Further carvings. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wat Phou
Wat Phou submitted by ModernExplorers : Some snake-like reptilian figures (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wat Phou
Wat Phou submitted by ModernExplorers : View of the site from up the hill

Wat Phou
Wat Phou submitted by ModernExplorers : Another temple

Wat Phou
Wat Phou submitted by ModernExplorers : A carved step leading to the upper temples

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