| Visual Index of Lampang Sites (Site name and description) | |||
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Wat Ka Teuk (unknown age) A traditional Lanna-style wat. |
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Wat Ku Ya Sudha (15th century) A single gateway is all that remains of a large monastery. |
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Wat Lai Hin (1683 onward) The Monastery of the Standing Elephant with the Stone Shoulder. |
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Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao (15th century onward) The city's main wat, which once housed the Emerald Buddha. |
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Wat Phra That Lampang Luang (13th century--or earlier--onward) Numerous antique buildings, one of which may be the oldest wooden religious structure in Thailand. |
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Wat Pong Yang Khok (at least 18th century) Legend records this monastery as having been founded in 690, though it is certainly much newer. |
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Wat Pratu Pong (unknown age) The "Marsh Gate Monastery". |
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Wat Suchadaram (built 1804 onward) A monastery sharing the same enclosure ast Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao. |
About Lampang
Lampang was originally a part of the Haripunchai kingdom ruled from today's Lamphun.
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Images copyright 2008 Timothy M Ciccone. Photographed early March, 2008
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