Aug 25 2008
Si Satchanalai Historical Park, Thailand
THAILAND’S TOP DESTINATIONS. According to votes, candidate of the week is: Si Satchanalai Historical Park
Si Satchanalai Historical Park is located in Sukhothai province, Thailand. The park can be found on the bank of the Yom River at Tambon Muang Kao, Amphoe Si Satchanalai. Si Satchanalai is no more than 55 km. from the town of Sukhothai. Ruins of 134 monuments have been discovered in this area.
The site of an ancient community occupying over 2000 rai (320 hectares) of land was declared as UNESCO World Heritage Site (# 574) on 12 December 1991, along with the associated historic parks of Sukothai and Kamphaeng Phet, all considered as the cradle of Thai civilization.
Shown here are photos of two temples found in this historical park.
Wat Lak Mueang in Si Satchanalai Historical Park, Sukhothai province, Thailand
Photo taken by Ahoerstemeier in January 2006 at wikimedia.org.
This temple was named “Lak Mueang” coz it was believed that it might have contained the city pillar of Si Satchanalei due to its unusual shape but subsequent research shows that this is just an ordinary Buddhist temple.
Wat Chang Lom in Si Satchanalai National Historical Park, Sukhothai Province, Thailand
Originally uploaded by Oatz at wikimedia.org
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I don’t mean to sound cliche, but the temples in thailand always look like those cool temples from the Indiana Jones films; which is awesome!
I’m glad UNESCO protects them.
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