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Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn, officially Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchaworamahawihan, rises from the west bank of the Chao Phraya in Bangkok Yai, on the Thonburi side of

Wat Benchamabophit Dusitwanaram Ratchaworawihan is the Marble Temple. Its ordination hall, designed by Prince Narisara Nuwattiwong for King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), is faced

Wat Kalayanamit Woramahawihan stands on the Thon Buri bank of the Chao Phraya at the mouth of Khlong Bangkok Yai, and its great seated Buddha, Luang Pho To, rises 14 meters

Wat Mangkon Kamalawat, the Dragon Lotus Temple, is what the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) calls the city's largest Chinese Buddhist temple, and it gives its name to

Wat Pho, officially Wat Phra Chetuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram Rajwaramahawihan, is a first-grade royal monastery immediately south of the Grand Palace, and it is where most

Wat Ratchanatdaram Worawihan is the temple of the Loha Prasat, the metal castle: a seven-level tower crowned with 37 metal spires that the Tourism Authority of Thailand

Wat Saket Ratchaworamahawihan is the temple of the Golden Mount, Phu Khao Thong, the gilded chedi on what the Tourism Authority of Thailand calls the only hill in Bangkok.

Wat Suthat Thepwararam Ratchaworamahawihan is one of only a few first-class royal temples of the highest Ratchaworamahawihan grade, and the one with the Giant Swing, Sao

Wat Traimit Withayaram Worawihan is the temple of the Golden Buddha, and the reason most visitors come is a single image: Phra Phuttha Maha Suwanna Patimakon, known in Thai