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Laos UNESCO world heritage sites

Champasak province [capital = Pakse]

Vat Phou Ancient Settlements in Muang Champassak
The Champasak cultural landscape, including the Vat Phou Temple complex, is a remarkably well-preserved planned landscape more than 1,000 years old. It was shaped to express the Hindu vision of the relationship between nature and humanity, using an axis from mountain top to river bank to lay out a geometric pattern of temples, shrines and waterworks extending over some 10 km. Two planned cities on the banks of the Mekong River are also part of the site, as well as Phou Kao mountain.

Luang Prabang province [capital = Luang Prabang]

Town of Luang Prabang @
Luang Prabang is an outstanding example of the fusion of traditional architecture and Lao urban structures with those built by the European colonial authorities in the 19th and 20th centuries. Its unique, remarkably well-preserved townscape illustrates a key stage in the blending of these two distinct cultural traditions.

Xiengkhuang province north + south [capital = Phonsavan]

Megalithic Jar Sites at N19 32 42.98 E103 41 41.98 + N19 35 20.99 E103 34 5 + N19 28 59 E103 25 59 + N19 29 42 E103 25 56 + N19 28 41 E103 5 13.98 + N19 37 47.99 E103 5 45.98 + N19 34 15.99 E102 53 13.98 + N19 25 51.8 E103 9 7.98 + N19 19 9.9 E103 9 12.89 + N19 17 45.88 E103 9 33.59 + N19 17 37.68 E103 9 13.2 + N19 17 34.78 E103 9 2.49 + N19 17 26.97 E103 8 56.18 + N19 17 2.99 E103 9 11 + N19 17 21.08 E103 8 32.28
The Plain of Jars, located on a plateau in central Laos, gets its name from more than 2,100 tubular-shaped megalithic stone jars used for funerary practices in the Iron Age. This serial property of 15 components contains large carved stone jars, stone discs, secondary burials, tombstones, quarries and funerary objects dating from 500 BCE to 500 CE.