Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape

World Heritage

Lao People's Democratic Republic

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The Champasak Cultural Landscape, including the Wat Phu complex, is a well-preserved planned landscape that is more than 1,000 years old. Its shape reflects the Hindu view of the relationship between nature and humans, using an axis from the top of the mountain to the river bank to arrange the geometric patterns of temples, shrines and water conservancy facilities, stretching for about 10 kilometers. Two planned cities on the banks of the Mekong River and Phou Kao Mountain are also part of the site. The whole represents development from the 5th to the 15th century, mainly related to the Khmer Empire.

# Water conservancy facilities

# Khmer Empire

# Hinduism

# Ancient settlements

# Nature and human relationship

A plan of Vat Phou, proportions and positions are approximate

A lintel showing Vishnu on Garuda, on the northeast wall of the sanctuary

Buddha statue

A lintel showing Krishna killing Kamsa, on the south wall of the sanctuary

Northern palace in the Wat Phou complex

Phou Khao has a natural lingam on its peak

Causeway, looking towards the sanctuary

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Information extracted from Wikidata

image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wpfacade02a.jpg
instance of	ruins
instance of	wat
located in or next to body of water	abbaye Saint-Jean de Sorde
executive body	Wat Phou
IPA transcription	1902364
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/07c8ct
Commons category	Wat Phou
coordinate location	Point(105.8 14.833333)