Tags: World Heritage Site.
Vat Phou or Wat Phu (Lao: ວັດພູ [wāt pʰúː] temple-mountain) is a ruined Khmer temple complex in southern Laos. It is located at the base of mount Phu Kao some 6 km from the Mekong river in Champasak province. There was a temple on the site as early as the 5th century but the surviving structures date from the 11th to 13th centuries. The temple has a unique structure in which the elements lead to a shrine where a linga was bathed in water from a mountain spring.
