A full-scale model of
Phrathat Sri Song Rak
in
Loei
Province (fig.),
a
distinctive
stupa
in Laotian style, which
was
built between
1560 and
1563 AD
to commemorate the long-lasting friendship between the
Siamese King
Mahachakraphat
of
Krung Sri
Ayutthaya
and the
Laotian
King Chaiya Chetthathirath of
Krung
Sri Sattanah Khonhut (Vientiane),
ruler of
Lan Chang
(Lan
Xang). |