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The ancient capital of Laos, Luang Prabang is a host of French Colonial buildings. Luang Prabang was listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site for its "remarkably" well preserved architectural, cultural and religious heritage with a blend of urban developments over several centuries including the French Colonial influences. During the French ...
French colonial architecture includes several styles of architecture used by the French during colonization. French Colonial architecture has a long history, beginning in North America in 1604 and being most active in the Western Hemisphere ( Caribbean , Guiana , Canada , Louisiana ) until the 19th century, when the French turned their ...
Pages in category "French colonial architecture in Laos" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. X. Xiengkeo Palace
Xiengkeo Palace was the former royal residence of the Lao Prime Minister, Prince Phetsarath in Luang Prabang, French Laos, now Laos. The buildings were French colonial in style. After the communist revolution, it was converted into a hotel and renamed the Grand Luang Prabang hotel. [1]
The borders of the modern state of Laos were established by the French colonial government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [4] [5] [6] The modern nation-state of Laos emerged from the French Colonial Empire as an independent country in 1953.
Local Lao soldiers in the French Colonial guard, c.1900 Market in Luang Prabang c.1900. In 1901, a revolt broke out in the south of Laos in the Bolaven Plateau among groups of Lao Theung led by Ong Keo, who was a self-proclaimed phū mī bun (holy man) who led a messianic cult. The revolt challenged French control over Laos and was not fully ...
The Royal Palace (officially Haw Kham, Lao: ຫໍຄຳ Lao pronunciation: [hɔ̌ɔ.kʰám]) in Luang Prabang, Laos, was built in 1904 during the French colonial era for King Sisavang Vong and his family. The site for the palace was chosen so that official visitors to Luang Prabang could disembark from their river voyages directly below the ...
French Creole architecture is an American Colonial style that developed in the early 18th century in the Mississippi Valley, especially in Louisiana. French Creole buildings borrow traditions from France, the Caribbean, and many other parts of the world such as Spanish, African, Native American, and other heritages. French Creole homes from the ...