A grand requiem took place at Phat Tich Pagoda in the Lao capital of Vientiane on the evening of March 6 to honor the fallen ...

Construction of the pagoda is estimated to have been between 1100 and 1120 towards the end of the Liao Dynasty. The octagonal pagoda, 57.8 meters tall, was erected on a square platform.

The pagoda is located on the site of the former Tianning Temple in the northwestern corner of Anyang County. According to an inscription about the reconstruction of Tianning Temple, a pagoda was ...