The Haw Pha Bang Temple
The
Royal Palace in Luang Prabang was built for King Sisavanvong between
1904 and 1909 during the French colonial period. It became the
National Museum after the monarchy was dissolved by the Communist
Pathet Lao in 1975. The Haw Pha Bang, a royal
temple, was begun in 1963, but its construction was delayed when the
Communists took power. Construction resumed when a less
restrictive policy towards Buddhist worship emerged in the 1990s.
