A memorial will take on an increasingly expresses that if a collective unconscious. When, defying time and space, its symbolic force glue so the image of the city that its architectural beauty in itself creates a shock from everything that surrounds it. This symbolizes that very well Patuxai, Arc de Triomphe version Mekong for which it is recent (1962), is nevertheless already fully integrated with the image of Vientiane.
Vientiane, it transpires from the first glance, has certainly kept its air of deep France, an atmosphere of sweetness and friendliness that distinguishes it from the outset of these knick-knacks that have become most cities Modern Asian aggregating huge highways around today. Such development will not place here where the means are lower and the model so conspicuously different. Willingly or by force, Laos promotes its own values, its ancient culture, its version of home to modern times. That is all that makes ambient particularism Patuxai an architectural masterpiece designed to pass through time.
Directed by the project architect Tham Sayasithsena who had studied in Paris, it was erected between the end of the colonial period and the beginning of the Vietnam War, to honor the memory of the Unknown Soldier death for what was then a fragile kingdom, though already united under a single administration.
Paradoxically, Patuxai (or Arch of Victory) would never have emerged, at least in its current form, without the gift by the Americans of 6000 tons of concrete levied on the surplus generated by the construction of new runways in the capital ...
Ready for eternity, he acquired a truly national dimension when the population of Vientiane there crowding, as did the Parisians during the storming of the Bastille, to overthrow the December 2, 1975, date official advent of the Democratic People's Republic of Laos (OGM each event that commemorates a huge parade where, by endless rows of nine residents of the capital paid tribute to the Fatherland). Breathtaking view
Located at the top of Lane Xang (Avenue of Million Elephants), the Champs Elysees of the city, the Patuxai stands amidst its own "Park des Tuileries" (built in 2004 by a donation of $ 15 million of Popular China to commemorate the first session of the ASEAN) as a Samurai concrete invincible in his armor open on all four corners of the horizon and under the constant guard of eight dragons. Directly inspired by the Taj Mahal, the architectural harmony is based on the numbers 3, 7 and 8; explicit reference to his involvement Buddhist. Each tower is 24 meters (3 x 8) on a square base itself of 24 meters. All
has 7 floors and peaked at exactly 49 meters (7 x 7), according to the canons of architectural style Lao, starting with the famous PhaThat Luang. The Great Stupa is also deeply rooted in the collective unconscious are the Lao, for our part, our most beautiful cathedrals.
For the visit, it will cost you 2000 if you are Lao kips and 3000 if you are a tourist (0.25 euros) to climbing 162 steps leading to different rooms before arriving at the height of first panorama . Treat yourself to the pleasure the last 27 by climbing the spiral staircase which leads to the top the central tower. You'll find everything Vientiane to 15 miles around, large straight arteries that converge, the curve of the Mekong, a package of GSM antennas, a myriad of red roofs and the perfect geometry of this famous park with fountains, sound and Lights. "
back down, take time to browse the various outdoor galleries adorned countless Buddhist sculptures if particular trends in art Lao Bai Si on the theme of the lotus petal borrowed at That Luang, Nagas and snakes, if any other emblem of the country. Finished at 90% on the admission of its creators, the memorial of Patuxai unquestionably meets its mission of national unity and deserves some adjustments and cleaning up of its genesis. Do not miss visiting this temple of independence is the emblematic expression of the inhabitants of the country of a million elephants, the core of the Lao people.
GAVROCHE Alain Sapanhine
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