Patuxai, literally meaning Victory Gate or Gate of Triumph, formerly the Anousavary or Anosavari Monument (known by the French as Monument Aux Morts) is a war monument in the centre of Vientiane, erected between 1957 and 1968, during a turbulent period Lao history. It was built when Laos was a constitutional monarchy and was originally known simply as the Anousavali (memory), dedicated memory of the Laotian soldiers who died during WWII and the independence war from France in 1949.
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