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Wat Phanan Choeng is a working Buddhist temple on the east bank where the Pa Sak meets the Chao Phraya, south-east of Ayutthaya's old city, founded in 1324, before the city itself. Its tall wihan houses Luang Pho To, a gilded seated Buddha about 19 metres high revered by Thai-Chinese worshippers as Sam Pao Kong; Admiral Zheng He visited in 1407.
Wat Na Phra Men is a working temple on the north bank of the old city moat, opposite the former royal palace of Ayutthaya, and the only temple in the city left standing after the Burmese sack of 1767, when their army camped here. Its large Ayutthaya-style ordination hall holds a crowned bronze Buddha, and a smaller hall keeps a seated stone Buddha, Phra Khanthararat.
Wihan Phra Mongkhon Bophit is a Buddhist assembly hall in the Ayutthaya Historical Park, just south of Wat Phra Si Sanphet, built to shelter Phra Mongkhon Bophit. The seated Buddha, about 13 metres high, is made of brick and bronze and covered in gold leaf; the hall is an active place of worship where visitors leave offerings.
Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon is a working Buddhist monastery south-east of Ayutthaya's old city island, founded in 1357 by King U Thong as Wat Pa Kaeo. Its large bell-shaped chedi was raised under King Naresuan to mark his victory over the Burmese crown prince in 1592; galleries of seated Buddha images and a reclining Buddha surround it.
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