Skip to content

Thonburi

Wat Arun, The Temple of Dawn in Bangkok

Wat Arun, the temple of Dawn

    Wat Arun, also known as the temple of Dawn, is a significant landmark of Bangkok, built before 1656. It’s much more modest than Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace or Wat Pho and the Giant Reclining Buddha, but its iconic shape is better known in many ways.