Wat Sisaket or Vat Sisaket as they spell it in Laos is the oldest surviving temple in Vientiane, the King Anouvong got them started on it in 1818, in 1828 when the Thais invaded Vientiane they didn't destroy this temple due to it looking like a Thai temple, in 1924 and 1930 the French restored the temple.
I should mention that the nasty evil Laos xenophobes charge dirty foreigners 5,000kip to get in and Laos people 2,000kip, although if you pay in baht it is 10baht, quite often in Vientiane it is best to ask the price in kip and baht as you quite often get better deals paying in different currencies, they also say it is a museum, a museum of what I have no idea, the main building in the middle of the compound you are not allowed to take photos in, only has a Buddha shrine in it but the walls do have some nicely painted murals on, trouble is the Lao guy that was guarding it wouldn't leave so I couldn't get any pictures of the inside
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