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Wat Mahathat at Sukhothai Historical Park                 Sukhothai Historical Park                    Wat Traphang-Ngoen   (Bangkoksite Photos taken on August 19, 2000)

The Sukhothai Historical Park is located on the Sukhothai- Tak Highway, 12 kms from Sukhothai city. The area includes ruins of the royal palaces, Buddhist temples, the city gates, walls, moats, dykes, ditches, ponds, canals, and the water dyke control system, etc. Restoration and preservation of this historical park have been undertaken by the Fine Arts Department with the cooperation of UNESCO.                    Sukhothai was a capital of the first kingdom of Siam in the 13th and 14th Century. A number of notable monuments, which represent a masterpiece of the first Thai architectural style, can be seen in Historical Park of Sukhothai, Si - Satchanalai and Kamphaeng Phet. These three sites are representative of the first period of Thai Art and the creation of the first Thai state. The World Heritage Committee inscribed Sukhothai and Associated Cities on the World Heritage List in 1991. Sukhothai Historical Park (Page 2) Back to Sukhothai Main Page

          
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