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The Ramkhamhaeng National Museum |
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inside the park,
displays gifts from the ex-abbot of Wat Ratchathani and
art objects unearthed in Sukhothai and nearby provinces.
It is open daily from 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. Admission fee
30 baht. Tel. (055) 612167
The north and the south walls of the ancient city are each
2,000 metres long, where as the east and the west walls
are each 1,600 metres long. The walls contain four main
gates. A stone inscription mentions that King Ramkhamhaeng
set up a bell at one of the gates. If his subject needed
help, they would ring the bell and the King would come out
to settle disputes and dispense justice.
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