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Tamnak Phra Phutthakosajarn
Keywords : Viharn, Wat Phutthaisawan, Tamnak
Site common name | Wat Phutthaisawan |
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Type of artwork | Architecture |
Sub district | Samphao Lom |
District | Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya |
Province | Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya |
Region | Central |
Country | Thailand |
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 14.339321 Long : 100.557728 |
Geographic Coordinates UTM | Zone : 47 P Hemisphere : N E : 667988.82 N : 1585819.8 |
Place of artwork | The monastic quarters (Sanghawat) |
History of production | It has been hypothesized that King Phra Phetracha built and dedicated this hall to his tutor. |
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Conservation | The site was listed and declared an ancient monument in the Government Gazette no. 52, part 75, on 8 March 1935. |
Art | Tamnak Phra Phutthakosajarn is a two-storey building in a rectangular plan. It was built with brick and covered with plaster. The doorway is on the front wall of the ground floor whereas a row of pointed arch windows are on the side walls. The upper floor can be accessed by the staircase adjacent to side wall. Windows are on all sides of the building. The roof was built with timber and terracotta tiles. |
Key academic information | Tamnak Phra Phutthakosajarn is one of the finest and important examples of Late Ayutthaya tiled-roof building along with its mural painting in the interior of the same period. |
Period | Historical Period |
Age | The Late 17th century AD |
Religion | Buddhism |
Sect | Theravada |
Religion and belief | Theravada Buddhism |
Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
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Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
Date of record creation | 2015-07-22 |
Record creator | Rungroj Thamrungraeng |
Bibliography | ศิลปากร, กรม. ทะเบียนโบราณสถาน. กรุงเทพฯ: กรมศิลปากร, 2532. สันติ เล็กสุขุม. ศิลปะอยุธยา งานช่างหลวงแห่งแผ่นดิน. กรุงเทพฯ : เมืองโบราณ, 2542. |