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Luang Prabang, Royal Capital, Laos

A young novice monk enters the buddhist temple of Wat Mai, via its eleborately decorated golden portico. In the late 1800s, French colonial powers and the Lao aristocracy of Vientiane developed a new architectural fusion in Luang Prabang, inspired by local temples and materials, and French and Indochine architecture. The French brought in skilled Vietnamese builders to build two-storey villas throughout the town.

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A young novice monk enters the buddhist temple of Wat Mai, via its eleborately decorated golden portico. In the late 1800s, French colonial powers and the Lao aristocracy of Vientiane developed a new architectural fusion in Luang Prabang, inspired by local temples and materials, and French and Indochine architecture. The French brought in skilled Vietnamese builders to build two-storey villas throughout the town.