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Vat Vixun: Engraving by Gauchard adapted from a drawing by Delaporte (1867)

           

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   Vat Vixun: Engraving by Gauchard adapted from a drawing by Delaporte (1867)

    This structure, which is no longer in existence, measured 36 meters long and 18 meters wide with enclosure gates on all four sided.  It had twenty-one windows with wooden balustrades.  Except for the two sturdy entrance columns, the partitions and walls were of carved wood.

          
         

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