Wat Xieng Thong (or Temple of the
Golden City) is a Buddhist Monastery located on the
peninsula of Luang Phrabang in Laos.
It was built in 1560. One of its unique
features are the glass mosaics used for its
decoration.
The back wall of the main practice hall is
decorated with a beautiful mosaic of a Tree of Life.
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| Detail of the Tree of Life mosaic |
And the outer walls of the Sanctuary
of the Reclining Buddha, also known as the Red Chapel, are also decorated with a great number of
mosaics.
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| Wat Xieng Thong Red Chapel |
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| Details of the Red Chapel Wall mosaics. |
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| Detail of the Red Chapel mosaics. |
These mosaics in the Opus Sextile style, have the particularity that their background was realized by filling up the gaps between the different represented subjects with a red grout, hence the name of the Red Chapel !
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