| That
Dam Stupa (before 1828)
other
sites in Vientiane |
Vientiane, Laos |
That Dam (Black Stupa) reportedly houses a seven-headed dragon that protected local citizens during the 1828 Siamese-Lao war that destroyed much of the city.
Bibliography:
All images copyright 2002-2007 Professor Robert D. Fiala of Concordia University, Nebraska, USA
Text by Robert D. Fiala
Joe Cummings, Lonely Planet: Laos. 3rd. ed., 1998.