Formerly this city was a royal capital of the same name. Until the communist takeover of Laos in 1975, Luang Prabang was the royal capital and seat of government of the Kingdom of Laos. The city is also famous as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.(Source: wikipedia)
Luang Prabang is an outstanding example of traditional architecture and urban mix of Laos that was built by the European colonial authorities in the 19th and 20th. Very unique, very well maintained city views illustrate key stages in the mixing of two different cultural traditions.
Muang Sua was the old name of Luang Prabang is in conjunction with the city's conquest in 698 by a Thai prince, Khun Lo, who seized the opportunity when Nan-chao (local kings who controlled Muang Sua) is implementing a procession was engaged elsewhere. Khun Lo had been awarded the town by his father, Khun Borom, who is associated with the Lao legend of the creation of the world, and areas which share with the Lao Shan and other peoples in the Lao. Khun Lo established a dynasty and ruled by the time equivalent of fifteen independent ruler of Muang Sua in a century.
In the second half of the 8th century, Nan-chao intervened frequently in the affairs of the kingdom of the middle Mekong Valley, resulting in the occupation of Muang Sua in 709. Nan-chao princes or administrators replaced the aristocracy of Thai Tuan. Date of occupation is unknown, but may end well before the expansion in the northern region during the Khmer Empire Indravarman I (877-889) and extended up to the panna Sipsong upstream Mekong River.
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