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Wat Phra Mahathat

Cultural World Heritage property in Thailand, inscribed in 2026 under criteria (ii), (vi).

Wat Phra Mahathat, Thailand
Photo: Suwannee.payne · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Thailand
Year of inscription
2026
Criteria
iivi
Location
Nai Mueang
What it is
wat
Reference
WHC 1761 · Wikidata Q2552354

Why it is on the List

(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley, Malaysia388 kmArchaeological Heritage of the Lenggong ValleyMalaysia · 2012CulturalKaeng Krachan Forest Complex, Thailand499 kmKaeng Krachan Forest ComplexThailand · 2021NaturalForest Research Institute Malaysia Forest Park Selangor, Malaysia605 kmForest Research Institute Malaysia Forest Park SelangorMalaysia · 2025CulturalCambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of repression to places of peace and reflection, Cambodia645 kmCambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of repression to places of peace and reflectionCambodia · 2025CulturalAyutthaya Historical Park, Thailand664 kmAyutthaya Historical ParkThailand · 1991CulturalDong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, Thailand696 kmDong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest ComplexThailand · 2005Natural
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