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Wat Phra Kaew
The temple where Thailand's Emerald Buddha is said to have been discovered in the fifteenth century.
- Editor's score
- 4.4
- Visit
- 45 min
- Price
- Free
About
According to tradition, lightning split the temple's chedi in 1434 and revealed a stone Buddha that became the revered Emerald Buddha, now in Bangkok. A jade replica, made in 1990 to honour the ninetieth birthday of the Princess Mother, is kept in a hall in the grounds, and the complex also has elegant Lanna buildings and a museum.
Best time to go: Visit in the morning and see the small museum of Lanna art in the grounds.
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