Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham
Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham often simply Wat Mai or Wat May is a Buddhist temple or wat in Luang Prabang, Laos. Built at the turn of the 18th century, it is the largest temple in Luang Prabang.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alcyon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Luangprabang National Museum and Phou Si Mountain.
Luangprabang National Museum
The Royal Palace in Luang Prabang, 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. Luangprabang National Museum is situated 160 metres north of Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham.
Phou Si Mountain
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mount Phou Si, also written Mount Phu Si, is a 100 m high hill in the centre of the old town of Luang Prabang in Laos. 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. Phou Si Mountain is situated 210 metres east of Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham.
Wat Xieng Thong
Buddhist temple
Photo: Nikopol, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wat Xieng Thong is a Buddhist temple on the northern tip of the peninsula of Luang Prabang, Laos. Built between 1559 and 1560 by King Setthathirath, Wat Xieng Thong is one of the most important of Lao monasteries and remains a significant monument to the spirit of religion, royalty and traditional art. Wat Xieng Thong is situated 1¼ km northeast of Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luang Prabang.
Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang, historically known as Xieng Thong and alternatively spelled Luang Phabang or Louangphabang, is the capital of Luang Prabang Province in north-central Laos.
Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Luang Prabang, Laos
- Categories: wat, building, place of worship, religious building, and religion
- Location: Luang Prabang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
19.89057° or 19° 53′ 26″ northLongitude
102.135° or 102° 8′ 6″ eastOpen location code
7PF4V4RP+62OpenStreetMap ID
way 374233712OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=religiousWikidata ID
Q7972939
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In Other Languages
From French to Thai—“Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham” goes by many names.
- French: “Vat Mai”
- French: “Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham”
- French: “Wat Mai”
- German: “Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham”
- Indonesian: “Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham”
- Khmer: “វត្តម៉ៃសុវណ្ណភូមារាម”
- Korean: “왓 마이 쑤와나푸마함”
- Lao: “ວັດໃໝ່ສຸວັນນະພູມາ”
- Polish: “Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham”
- Slovenian: “Wat Mai”
- Thai: “วัดใหม่สุวรรณภูมาราม”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham”. Photo: Alcyon, CC BY-SA 3.0.