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Late medieval · Buddhist · Thailand
Wat Phra Si Sanphet
Ayutthaya, Ayutthaya · 14.3558°, 100.5583°
Theravada Buddhist royal templeAyutthaya KingdomThaiUNESCO World Heritage
Sacred since
1448 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
temple from 1448; chedis 1492-1529
Ayutthaya Kingdom
History & significance
The royal chapel of the Ayutthaya palace, made a sacred precinct by King Borommatrailokkanat in 1448 on the site of the palace founded by Ramathibodi I in 1350, and marked by three bell-shaped chedis raised between 1492 and 1529. Reserved for the royal family and once housing an enormous gold-covered Buddha, it was destroyed in the Burmese sack of 1767.