Wat Prang Luang วัดปรางค์หลวง is an ancient Thai Buddhist temple in Nonthaburi province, it is believed to be the oldest monastery and archaeological site in Nonthaburi and the Bangkok Metropolitan Region. It is situated along Khlong Om Non, also known as Khlong Bangkok Noi.
The temple was previously called Wat Luang วัดหลวง meaning royal temple. It was presumably built in reign of the King Ramathibodi I (U-Thong) the first monarch and founder of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, more than 650 years ago. It is believed that this location used to be his residence after the cholera evacuation, before the establishment of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
Later in the Bangkok era the name was changed to Wat Prang Luang.
The prang is old and has had redtoration wirk done to it due to the dilapidated state it was in. It has been archaeological proven to date back to the early Ayutthaya period with a different structure than the other prangs of the same period.
A principal ...
Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture (Bảo tàng Điêu khắc Chăm Đà Nẵng) is the world’s largest and most important museum dedicated to the ancient Champa civilization. It houses the finest collection of Cham Hindu and Buddhist stone sculptures anywhere, making it a must-visit for anyone interested in Vietnam’s ancient history, especially after seeing My Son Sanctuary, as many of the artifacts originally came from there.
The museum was established by the French in 1915 during the colonial period when Da Nang was called Tourane and officially opened to the public in 1919. French archaeologists including Henri Parmentier collected and preserved sculptures from Cham temple sites across Central Vietnam to protect them from looting and decay.
The museum has been expanded over the decades and was recognized as a first-class national museum in 2011.
Today it preserves nearly 2,000 artifacts with more than 400 on permanent display including 12 National Treasures of Vietnam. The building itself...
Bắc Mỹ An Market, also known as Chợ Bắc Mỹ An, takes its name from the Bắc Mỹ An Ward where it stands in what used to be District 3 of Da Nang during the Republic of Vietnam era before 1975.
The market has served the local community in some form for more than eighty years, beginning as an informal open-air trading spot in the 1940s where villagers gathered to sell fresh seafood, produce, and everyday goods near the coast.
Formal construction of the covered structure started on 19 May 1990, transforming the spontaneous gathering into an organized wet market with dedicated sections for fresh goods and food stalls.
Over the following decades it remained a traditional daily-life market focused on groceries, but its location right beside the University of Economics drew waves of students and residents in the 1990s and 2000s, sparking the growth of dozens of affordable street-food stalls.
By the 2010s it had earned a city-wide reputation as a genuine food paradise while still functioning as a ...
Wat Chumphon Nikayaram, classified as a royal second class temple. It is adjacent to the Bang Pa-in Royal Palace and to the Chao Praya River. It is believed that the temple was established in the reign of Prachao Prasat Thong during the Ayutthaya Era in 1632. The temple was later restored in the reign of Rama IV and Rama V of the Rattanakosin Era.
What is interesting here is the magnificent monastery in which seven principal Buddha images made of sandstone mixed with stucco are installed, which makes it different from what ordinary temples have. The mural paintings depicting the life of 7 Buddhas on the inside of the monastery are well kept but with time passing, some parts are showing their age.
The temple possesses a square-based stupa with 12 indented corners in which Buddha's relics have been placed and the stupa was built in the Ayutthaya style.
Anyone visiting Ayutthaya would be disappointed if they didn't visit Wat Chumphon Nikayaram since it possesses marvelous architecture in ...
