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Loha Prasat (Wat Ratchanatdaram)
A temple people come back to · Bangkok, Thailand
Photo: PEAK99 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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The experience
Loha Prasat, the "iron castle", is the metal-spired structure at the heart of Wat Ratchanatdaram, one of only a handful of such buildings ever built. Its 37 blackened metal spires represent the 37 virtues toward enlightenment, and the 36-metre tower was first conceived under Rama III in 1846 before being completed in the twentieth century. A spiral staircase winds up through the tiers to a relic chamber at the top.
A rare tiered metal-spired temple you can climb for a quiet rooftop view over Old Bangkok.
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Where it is
Bangkok, Thailand · Rattanakosin (Phra Nakhon). Coordinates from the listing we sourced it from.
DirectionsWhat a membership adds.
Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.
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