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.

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