Maps of Laos

Not far from the city of Phonsavan in Laos is the strange plain of the clay jugs - the undeveloped area, on whose territory hundreds of unique stone buildings are presented. The outline of these buildings reminds of the real jars. The difference is only in the impressive size. The height of the rock formations is from 1 to 3.5 meters, and the average diameter is about 1 meter. The weight of the largest 'jug' is about 6 tons. Whoever, and for what hundreds of centuries has created these unexplainable stone buildings, remains to this day the chief author of Laos.

It must be noted that all the stone mortars were cut out of the stone, which is atypical of this terrain. A lot of the interesting legends are connected with the plane of the clay jugs. As a legend tells, the locals used these … Read all