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Wat Si Saket

1818 · 19th century

Wat Si Saket is a Buddhist temple in Vientiane, Laos, built by King Anouvong in 1818. Its cloister walls hold thousands of small Buddha images in niches, together with several hundred seated statues. Built in a Bangkok-influenced style, it was spared when the Siamese army sacked Vientiane in 1827, and it is now the oldest temple surviving in the city.

Wat Si Saket — Image: Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Kingdom of Vientiane

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Wat Si Saket. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/wat-si-saket
MLA: “Wat Si Saket.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/wat-si-saket. Accessed .
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