Wat Phra Phai Luang

Sukhothai


This somewhat isolated wát features three 12th-century Khmer-style towers, bigger than those at Wat Si Sawai in the central zone. This may have been the centre of Sukhothai when it was ruled by the Khmers of Angkor prior to the 13th century.


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