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Archaeological site · Pratu Chai, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province

Wat Phra Si Sanphet

วัดพระศรีสรรเพชญ์

Wat Phra Si Sanphet is the ruined royal temple of the old palace of Ayutthaya, known for its row of three chedis, in Pratu Chai on the city island inside the Ayutthaya Historical Park.

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Wat Phra Si Sanphet was the royal temple of the old palace of Ayutthaya. The province's tourism page places it north of Wihan Phra Mongkhon Bophit inside the historical park and says its three Sri Lankan-style chedis stand in a line from east to west, the first built in 1492 by King Ramathibodi II; it calls it a palace temple without resident monks that later served as the model for Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram (Wat Phra Kaew) in Bangkok. The Fine Arts Department's park page names it among the island monuments excavated and restored under the government programme of 1956. TAT's 2016 feature says it was badly damaged after the fall of Ayutthaya in 1767. The neighbouring Wihan Phra Mongkhon Bophit is a separate place and is not part of this record.

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Ayutthaya

Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, usually called Ayutthaya, is a city municipality in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province; the Fine Arts Department describes the old capital founded here in 1350 as centred on a city island ringed by three rivers. XTOUR places the Ayutthaya Historical Park in the city and keeps sites elsewhere in the province, such as Bang Pa-In Royal Palace, as separate places.

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