Kamphaeng Phet Historical Park

Kamphaeng Phet Historical Park is an archeological site in Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand. Along with Sukhothai Historical Park and Si Satchanalai historical park, it is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns. Major features in the Kamphaeng Phet Historical Park include archaeological remains of ancient sites such as Mueang Chakangrao to the east of the Ping River, Mueang Nakhon Chum to the west and Mueang Trai Trueng some 18 km from the town to the southwest.

Chakangrao, the ancient Kamphaeng Phet town, had the same town planning concept as the old Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai, with separate zones for religious sites both within and outside of town limits. Structures are usually large and made of laterite. Religious sites on the west bank of the Ping River at Nakhon Chum are built of bricks and of smaller size. Prince Damrong Rajanubhab assigned the two names the other way. He surmised that the west-bank town at the mouth of Khlong Suan Mak was first called Chakangrao and took the name Nakhon Chum under the Phra Ruang dynasty, and that the walled town on the east bank, Kamphaeng Phet, was built in the reign of Li Thai.

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