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Archaeological site · Mueang Kao, Mueang Sukhothai District, Sukhothai

Wat Mahathat, Sukhothai

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Wat Mahathat is a ruined temple inside Sukhothai Historical Park, in Mueang Kao subdistrict of Mueang Sukhothai District, which the Fine Arts Department lists among ten places to see in the park.

Why go

The Fine Arts Department's history of Sukhothai Historical Park says that when a government committee to restore Sukhothai was set up in 1953, excavation began at Wat Mahathat before any other monument. The Department lists the temple among ten places worth seeing in the park. Wikidata records it as temple ruins and as part of the park. The Department's virtual-park page divides admission into three zones but does not say which zone holds Wat Mahathat, so the ticket that covers it is not stated here. This record is the ruin, a component of Sukhothai Historical Park, and not the temples called Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya or Bangkok.

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