The Old City Wall, Nakhon Si Thammarat
The Old City Wall in Nakhon Si Thammarat is a historic fortification remnant, drawing visitors keen to explore the city's ancient defenses and rich cultural heritage.
The Old City Wall, Nakhon Si Thammarat
Nakhon Si Thammarat was the seat of the Tambralinga kingdom and later the most important southern city of Ayutthaya, and it was walled from an early date. A restored section of the northern wall and its gate, Pratu Chai Nua, stands at the top of the old town and gives the clearest sense of the city's original extent.
The rebuilt brick rampart and crenellations run for a couple of hundred metres, with the moat line still traceable in front. The old city was long and narrow - a strip running north to south along a sand ridge - and the modern main road follows the same axis, so the layout is still legible on the ground.
The wall is at the northern end of the historic quarter; the great temple of Wat Phra Mahathat lies at the southern end of the same street.
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- Suchart Subsin's Shadow Puppet House — The workshop and museum of nang talung, southern Thailand's shadow-puppet theatre, in the home of a master puppeteer.
- Khao Luang National Park — Khao Luang National Park is a mountainous rainforest reserve near Nakhon Si Thammarat, known for waterfalls, hiking trails,...
