Siam Society is holding a weekend trip to various cultural heritage sites and cultural wisdom in the upper central plains of Thailand, from Nov 24 to 26.
Si Satchanalai Historical Park. photo courtesy of siam society
Led by Euayporn Kerchouay, the three-day trip will take participants to Sukhothai province to explore the ruins of Si Satchanalai, a satellite city of the Sukhothai Kingdom during the 13th century. Today, its ruins lie on the right bank of the Yom River, located in the south of modern Si Satchanalai and is one of the best examples of a Thai city-state.
It was laid out along fixed cosmological line-temple complexes at its heart, surrounded by city walls, rivers, and a forest. It is considered by many historians to be the apogee of Thai city planning.
Also discovered along the banks of the Yom River were about 200 glazed ceramic kilns, measuring about…
