This pagoda is situated at the original site of the
Rear Palace in the west of the city. It is a memorial to
Somdet Phra Suriyothai, who was the royal consort of Phra
Mahachakkraphat and the first heroine in Thai history. When
the Burmese army intruded into the kingdom in 1548, Somdet
Phra Suriyothai, clad in a warrior's suit, interrupted the
fighting between the king and Phrachao Prae of Burma and
was cut to death.
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