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Explore the trace of once-flourish Khmer Kingdom at one of best
known Khmer-style religious structures in Thailand. Historians
estimated that Prasat Mueang
Singh, and its surrounding architectures on the bank of
Kwai Noi River, was built
between 857 and 1157 as a religious temple of Khmer Kingdom.
Prasat Mueang Singh was
later abandoned until the reign of King Rama I when the area of
Mueang Singh had become
one of border cities of Kanchanaburi. The restoration of
structures hasn’t completed until 1987, though.
The main
remaining structure is Prasat Mueang Sing (Tower of the City of
Lions) itself, a Khmer-style architecture with influences from
Lop Buri arts. It is framed by 800 x 1,500 meters city walls.
During the excavations, historians found precious artifacts,
antiques, pottery and religious ornaments with more than 2,000
years of history.
Opening hours: Open daily from 8 a.m.-
4.30 p.m.
Admission: 100 baht.
Getting there:
Visitors can take a train from Kanchanaburi to Tha Kilen Railway
Station and continue on foot or by local transport to Prasat
Mueang Sing, which is
just 1.5 kilometers away. Trains depart from Kanchanaburi
Railway Station every day at 6.11 a.m. (arriving at Tha Kilen
at 7.28 a.m.), 11 p.m. (arriving at 11.59 a.m.) and 4.37
p.m. (arriving at 5.42 p.m.). To return to Kanchanaburi, trains
depart from Tha Kilen
Station at 6.22 a.m., 1.51 p.m. and 4.31 p.m. |
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Sai
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14.03850 N |
99.245510 E |
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