Chedi Phra Si Suriyothai

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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