Wat Phra Si Ratana Mahathat

This large and impressive wat, on Nakala Road in the western part of town, was probably already an important shrine when the Khmer built it in the 12th c. A very tall slender laterite prang, in the Lopburi style, stands in the center, decorated with beautiful stucco work. The main entrance to the prang is marked by a small lobby with a tower on top, and there are still signs of a gallery laid out as a quadrangle. Within this, leading to another gallery, stands the wiharn. It has bow windows, a very unusual stylistic feature showing that it was added by King Narai.

In the second courtyard and outside the second gallery there are a number of large and small chedis of different styles but mainly Ayutthaya, some of them with niches containing Buddha figures. The temple precinct has been remodeled several times, but mainly during the reign of the Ayutthaya kings.