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Wat Phia Wat, Xieng Khouang Province
 Street address: Ban Phia Wat, Muang Khun, Khoueng Xieng Khouang, Laos
Telephone: 856 (0) 61 212459
Mailing address: Xieng Khouang Provincial Service of Information and Culture, Ban Phonsavanh, Muang Pek, Khoueng Xieng Khouang, Laos
Telephone: 856 (0) 61 312140
Fax: 856 (0) 61 312140
Proprietor: Muang Khun District Service of Information and Culture and Xieng Khouang Provincial Service of Information and Culture
Contact: Vanthong Chanthavong Director
Telephone: 856 (0) 61 211438, 856 (0) 20 996 0021 (mobile)
Opening hours: Open access during daylight hours
According to the chronicles Wat Phia Wat is said to have been constructed in 1322 by Chao Larn Kham Khong to house the first Buddhist statue transported from Burma to Xieng Khouang. The wat was destroyed and the left arm of the statue cut off in 1375 by invading Chinese, but rebuilding took place soon afterwards. Razed to the ground in 1953 during the war with France and restored in 1954, it was finally destroyed during the US bombing of Xieng Khouang Province during the late 1960s. The Buddha statue itself, which survived the destruction, is highly revered.
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