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Vat (temple) Khili in 1930 before its restoration (E.F.E.O. 1910) |
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| This Vat whose full name is Vat Souvanna Khili, the 91Golden Mountain, was built by Chao Kham Sattha, a Phuoane prince from Xieng Khuoang, in the last quarter of the XVIILth century. Vat Khili is a beautiful building in the Xieng Khuoang style. This temple, with its original form and decor intact, was constructed in the plain style comprising a single nave and porch. Its distinctive characteristic lies in the addition of a rear hail and posterior stupa. The double roof over the hail, which is plain and lower than that of the rear hail, features dragon head roof ridge horns in masonry inlaid with flame shaped glasswork. |
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