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Wat Yai Suwannaram
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Built during the Ayutthaya period by skilled craftsman, Wat Yai Suwannaram has a 300-year-old painting in its main hall, a library on stilts above a fishpond (to deter termites), and an ax mark above one of the temple doors, said to have been left by a Burmese invader.
- Address: Phongsunyia Rd., less than half a mile after crossing the river, Phetchaburi, 13170 | Map It
- Hours: Daily 5 am--6 pm
- Location: Phetchaburi
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