Royal Palace & National Museum

Royal Palace & National Museum is a museum in , which is located on Sisavangvong Road. Royal Palace & National Museum is situated nearby to , as well as near the museum .
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  • Opening hours: 8:00 AM—11:30 AM and 1:30 PM—4:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Address: 470 Sisavangvong Road

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Luangprabang National Museum and Phou Si Mountain.

Photo: wm archiv, CC BY 2.0.
The Royal Palace in , Laos, was built in 1904 during the French colonial era for King Sisavang Vong and his family. The site for the palace was chosen so that official visitors to Luang Prabang could disembark from their river voyages directly below the palace and be received there.

Scenic viewpoint
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Mount Phou Si, also written Mount Phu Si, is a 100 m high hill in the centre of the old town of in . It lies in the heart of the old town peninsula and is bordered on one side by the Mekong River and on the other side by the Nam Khan River. is situated 270 metres southeast of Royal Palace & National Museum.

Buddhist temple
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often simply Wat Mai or Wat May is a Buddhist temple or wat in , . Built at the turn of the 18th century, it is the largest temple in Luang Prabang. is situated 200 metres south of Royal Palace & National Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Luang Prabang.

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, historically known as Xieng Thong, and alternatively spelled Luang Phabang or Louangphabang, is the capital of in north-central .

Royal Palace & National Museum

Latitude
19.89225° or 19° 53′ 32″ north
Longitude
102.13552° or 102° 8′ 8″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 203194601
Open­Street­Map feature
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tourism=­museum
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