Lan Xang, also spelled Lan Sang, was a Lao kingdom that held the area of present-day Laos from 1353 to 1707. For three and a half centuries, Lan Xang was one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia.
Wat Visoun, as seen by Louis Delaporte c. 1867
Wat Visoun, Luang Prabang
Statue of King Sai Setthathirath at Pha That Luang, Vientiane
Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang
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,
Lan Xang
…Lan Xang (Lao: ລ້ານຊ້າງ, pronounced ), also spelled Lan Sang, was a Lao kingdom that held the area of present-day Laos from 1353 to 1707. For three and a half centuries, Lan Xang was one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. The kingdom is the basis for Laos's…
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.