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  Vat (temple) Pa Fang (Fomberteaux E.F.E.O. 1930)

           

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   Equally well-known by the name of Vat Xieng Ngam, the Monastery of the Beautiful town; the Vat Pa Fang, "Monastery of the flame-tree Forest" was built by a wealthy man Sene Mu Xa in 1799 under King Anourout's reign.   Now grouped with two other monasteries--Vat Pa Khe and Vat Pha Bat-Neua--within
          
         

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