Vat Phou

Hindu temples complex and ruins in Laos (UNESCO site)

Place Ruins Q579860

Facts

11 properties

Designation

Instance of: ruins, Hindu temple, temple complex, Buddhist site^[5]^[6]^[7]
Heritage designation: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site^[11]

Location

Country: Laos^[3]
Location: Champasak^[8]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 14.849°, 105.816°
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Champasak Province^[2]

More facts +5

Religion or worldview: Hinduism^[1]
Official website: www.vatphu-champasak-laos.com^[10]
Part of: Champasak cultural landscape^[9]
Located in or next to body of water: Mekong River^[4]
Native label: ວັດ ພູ^[12]

🏷️ Also known as

en Wat Phou en Kurukshetra tirtha (Laos, SE Asia) en Vat Phou en Vat Phū ar معبد فات فو ar معبدفات فو de Vat Phū de Wat Phu fa وات فو fr Vat Phū he ואט פהו hi वाट फू it Wat Phu ja プラーサート・ワット・プー ru Ват-Пху th ปราสาทหินวัดพู zh 瓦普寺

🔖 Identifiers · 8

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Main path lined with stone pillars to the ruined Khmer Hindu temple of Wat Phou, Champasak, Laos.jpg ↗
Freebase ID: /m/07c8ct
GNS Unique Feature ID: -2669297
GeoNames ID: 1652272
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID: 7059175
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 1902364
Museum-digital place ID: 60077
Yale LUX ID: place/ddc123a7-9b79-48bc-aaae-157c029a3318

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Instance of 2

Hindu temple, ruins

Belongs to 1

Champasak cultural landscape

Country 1

Laos

Located in or next to body of water 1

Mekong River

Located in the administrative territorial entity 1

Champasak Province

Location 1

Champasak

Part of 1

Champasak cultural landscape

Religion or worldview 1

Hinduism

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Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ Vat Phou — country (P17): Laos. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Vat Phou — instance of (P31): Hindu temple. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Vat Phou — instance of (P31): temple complex. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Vat Phou — instance of (P31): Buddhist site. vatphu-champasak-laos.com. vatphu-champasak-laos.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Vat Phou — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Champasak Province. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Vat Phou — religion or worldview (P140): Hinduism. vatphu-champasak-laos.com. vatphu-champasak-laos.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Vat Phou — located in or next to body of water (P206): Mekong River. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Vat Phou — location (P276): Champasak. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Vat Phou — part of (P361): Champasak cultural landscape. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Vat Phou — official website (P856): http://www.vatphu-champasak-laos.com/. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Vat Phou — heritage designation (P1435): part of UNESCO World Heritage Site. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Vat Phou — native label (P1705): ວັດ ພູ. wikidata.org.

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