Sukhothai Old City - Wat Mahathat

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Wat Mahathat Description

The most splendid wat of the present ruined city was the Wat Mahathat near the earlier Royal Palace, a wooden building of which no trace remains. This wat alone covered an area of 4 ha (10 acres) and was surrounded by 185 chedis, six wiharns of varying size, a bot and eleven salas; a wall punctuated by gates encircled the area. The center of the site is most impressive, a main chedi with both a wiharn and a bot. The towering finely constructed chedi in pure Sukhothai style terminates in the tip of a lotus bud. The middle section resembles the Khmer prangs, the high square base is decorated by a procession of worshippers with 40 figures of about one meter high on each side. The niches of the four corner chapels show fine stucco work,

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