Wat Si Saket

Wat Si Saket (also Wat Satasahatsaham ) is a Buddhist wat in Vientiane, capital of Laos.

History

Wat Si Saket was donated in 1818 by King Anouvong (also Chao Anou, reigned 1805-1828 ). Used Anouvong, of King Phra Phutthayotfa Chulaloke ( Rama I ) of Siam as the ruler of the time -dependent long- Xang ( forerunner of today's Laos), in the Thai capital and residence city of Bangkok had grown up and sought his country to do it again regardless of Siam and expand its capital to an equally magnificent city. Among other things, he also rebuild from 1566 to Ho Phra Keo. In 1827 he sent his army against Siam, was defeated and Vientiane largely destroyed as a result. Were spared only a few buildings including Wat Si Saket, possibly because the architecture was based on the Laotian style rather at the Siamese.

In 1893 the country was incorporated as a protectorate in French Indochina to the French colonial empire. Vientiane was expanded colonial style in the 1930s Extrême -Orient was Wat Si Saket by archaeologists from the École française d' restored.

The complex of buildings surrounding a main building with its five-part roof terrace is surrounded by a wall with more than 2000 Buddha images made ​​of ceramic and silver. Today, Wat Si Saket also houses a museum and is inhabited by only an abbot.