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Chao Anouvong, or regnal name Xaiya Setthathirath V,, led the Lao rebellion against Siam as the last monarch of the Kingdom of Vientiane. Anouvong succeeded the throne in 1805 upon the death of his br
Stad Anouvong entrance 2011
In 1804, Anouvong was appointed by Bangkok as ruler of Vientiane after the death of his elder brother, Inthavong. Illustrated by Hem Vejakorn (c.1969).
Wat Si Saket, Vientiane. Completed by King Anouvong in 1824.
Chao Anouvong Park in Vientiane
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Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia, and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest,
Anouvong
…owned and used is on display in the Lao National Museum in Vientiane. In 2010, to coincide with the 450th Anniversary celebrations of Vientiane, the Laos government created Chao Anouvong Park, complete with a large bronze statue of the locally revered ruler. Chao Anouvong had 27 children…
The Mekong flowing through Luang Prabang
Ruins of Muang Khoun, former capital of Xiangkhouang province, destroyed by the American bombing of Laos in the 1960s
Pathet Lao soldiers in Vientiane, 1973
The seat of the National Assembly of Laos, the supreme state organ of power.