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Located a short distance north of the provin capital Ang Thong, Wat Tha It is one of the many historic
temples in the area.Original, the place was a quarry to ensure the construction of Wat Khun Inthapramun and its

reclining Buddha. This rocky past gave its current name to the monastery, Tha It (ท่า อิฐ) can be translated by wearing

bricks . The monastery as such was founded at the end of the Ayutthaya era in 1761, six years before the fall of the
kingdom.

More recently, Wat Tha It was distinguished by the construction of an atypical Chedi named Phrathat Chedi

Si Pho Thong consecrated in the year 2000. Arranged in the center of a vast cloister, this golden stupa of hexagonal shape
measures almost fifty meters high! He therefore notices several hundred meters around. Like some Chinese pagodas, this
Chedi can be visited. On the first floor, on a raised altar, you will find a replica of Phra Phuttha Chinnarat (พระพุทธ ชิน

ราช), the famous Phitsanulok Buddha.