Restoration of Wat Sisaket

Wat Sisaket is a the temple  built by Chao (Prince) Anuvong, the last king of the Lan Xang Kingdom (Laos Kingdom)  It survived the Siamese-Lao war of 1828 and has become the oldest Buddhist monastery in Laos. It was left desolate, with the rest of Vientiane, for nearly 70 years after the Siamese (Thai) conquered the Laos and killed the Prince.

Today (Saturday), I was lucky enough to visit the temple in the company of  Andrea Teufel, German chief restaurator, who has been working with a small team and a small budget to restore the paintings in the temple.  Her work was amazing, as were her stories of the history of the Temple.