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Wat Saket is a royal Buddhist temple in Pom Prap Sattru Phai, renamed by King Rama I on an older Ayutthaya-period site. Its landmark is the Golden Mount, an artificial hill left by a chedi that collapsed under Rama III, crowned by a gilded chedi finished under Rama V. A stairway winds up the hill to a terrace with views over the old city.
Wat Traimit is a Buddhist temple in Bangkok's Chinatown. Its four-storey marble Phra Maha Mondop, opened in 2010, enshrines the Golden Buddha, a Sukhothai-style solid-gold image found inside a plaster shell in 1955; the lower floors hold an exhibition on the statue and the Yaowarat Chinatown Heritage Center.
Wat Suthat Thepphawararam is a first-class royal temple in the old city, begun by King Rama I in 1807 and completed under Rama III in 1847, with the Giant Swing standing in front of it. Its main hall enshrines Phra Si Sakyamuni, an eight-metre bronze Buddha brought from Sukhothai, and is ringed by 28 Chinese-style pagodas.
Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram, known as the Marble Temple, is a royal temple in Dusit begun in 1899 for King Chulalongkorn near his new palace. Prince Naris designed its cruciform ordination hall, faced with Italian Carrara marble and fitted with stained glass. The hall holds a 1920 replica of the Phra Buddha Chinnarat, and a cloister behind it displays 52 Buddha images.
Wat Pho is a royal Buddhist temple complex on Rattanakosin Island, directly south of the Grand Palace, rebuilt by Rama I on an older temple site and expanded by Rama III. It houses a gilded reclining Buddha 46 metres long, four tall tiled chedis of the first four Chakri kings and a school of traditional Thai medicine and massage.
Wat Phra Kaew, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, is the royal temple in the outer court of the Grand Palace, begun in 1783 under Rama I. Its ordination hall houses the Emerald Buddha, a small jade-green image whose robes the king changes with the seasons; around it stand gilded chedis, the Royal Pantheon and cloisters painted with the Ramakien.
Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn, is a Buddhist temple on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok Yai, named after the Hindu god Aruna. Its central prang, raised in the early 19th century under Rama II and Rama III, is encrusted with pieces of coloured Chinese porcelain, and four smaller prangs stand at its corners.
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