View From Patuxai, Vientiane, Laos. Reminiscent Of The Arc De Triomphe In Paris, The Patuxai Is Vientiane’S Most Prominent Monument. The Name Is Approximately Equivalent To Arch ( Pã¡Tå³U, Also Translated As €˜Door’ Or €˜Gate’) Of Triumph ( Xã¡I, From The Sanskrit Jaya Or €˜Victory’), But Unlike Its Parisian Namesake The Patuxai Boasts Four, Rather Than Two, Archways. It Was Built In The 1960S With Us-Purchased Cement That Was Supposed To Have Been Used For The Construction Of A New Airport. Hence It’S Sometimes Called €˜The Vertical Runway’.

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