{
 "id": "unesco-nomination",
 "type": "plan",
 "names": {
  "name": "The UNESCO nomination and the roads under it",
  "th": "การเสนอมรดกโลกและถนนใต้มัน",
  "said": "Tentative 2015, nominated January 2026, and a transport plan flagged for a tunnel under the old town.",
  "said_th": "บัญชีเบื้องต้น 2558 เสนอมกราคม 2569 และแผนขนส่งถูกติงเรื่องอุโมงค์ใต้เวียงเก่า"
 },
 "region": [
  "moat"
 ],
 "facets": {
  "status": "study",
  "era": "planned"
 },
 "text": {
  "what": "Chiang Mai went on the tentative list in 2015 as Monuments, Sites and Cultural Landscape of Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna: a nominated core of the old city to the outer walls and the Mae Kha canal, 5.30 km², with a Doi Suthep buffer of 165.84 km², 33 attributes, seven temples, five gates and four bastions. A twenty-year transport plan with one underground route directly under the old town was flagged as a conflict in 2019. The cabinet approved the nomination in January 2026 for the 30 January deadline."
 },
 "text_th": {
  "what": "เชียงใหม่ขึ้นบัญชีเบื้องต้นปี 2558 ในชื่อ อนุสรณ์สถาน แหล่ง และภูมิทัศน์วัฒนธรรมของเชียงใหม่ นครหลวงแห่งล้านนา พื้นที่เสนอคือเวียงเก่าถึงกำแพงชั้นนอกและคลองแม่ข่า 5.30 ตร.กม. พื้นที่กันชนดอยสุเทพ 165.84 ตร.กม. 33 คุณลักษณะ เจ็ดวัด ห้าประตู สี่แจ่ง แผนขนส่งยี่สิบปีที่มีเส้นทางใต้ดินหนึ่งสายลอดใต้เวียงเก่าถูกติงว่าขัดแย้งในปี 2562 ครม. เห็นชอบการเสนอมกราคม 2569 ทันกำหนด 30 มกราคม"
 },
 "plan": {
  "status": "study",
  "as_of": "2026-01",
  "agency": "Fine Arts Department / Chiang Mai province",
  "agency_th": "กรมศิลปากร / จังหวัดเชียงใหม่",
  "announced": "2026-01"
 },
 "kin": [
  {
   "to": "the-moat",
   "as": "The core.",
   "rel": "place"
  },
  {
   "to": "mae-kha-canal",
   "as": "In the core.",
   "rel": "place"
  },
  {
   "to": "lrt-red-line",
   "as": "The plan with the tunnel.",
   "rel": "plan"
  }
 ],
 "tags": [
  "construction"
 ],
 "sources": [
  "s:citylife-unesco",
  "s:unesco-6003",
  "s:wp-chiang-mai"
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "default": {
   "tier": "cited",
   "source": "s:citylife-unesco"
  },
  "fields": {
   "text_th": {
    "tier": "inference",
    "note": "written in Thai by this project, in the northern register where it fits; not machine-translated"
   }
  }
 },
 "confidence": "medium",
 "schema": 1,
 "updated": "2026-09-21",
 "images": [
  {
   "file": "unesco-nomination/unesco-nomination-201703291126a-chiang-mai-city-moat.jpg",
   "source": "commons",
   "title": "File:201703291126a Chiang Mai, City Moat.jpg",
   "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/201703291126a_Chiang_Mai%2C_City_Moat.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=original",
   "page_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A201703291126a_Chiang_Mai%2C_City_Moat.jpg",
   "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
   "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
   "author": "Hartmann Linge",
   "credit": "Own work",
   "alt": "City moat of Chiang Mai between Sri Phum Corner and Tha Phae Gate",
   "date": "2017-03-29 11:26:16",
   "primary": true,
   "sha256": "82838166f4241113c54d08f38dd9903986041c33afa99c6260e3a3954776cb3b"
  }
 ],
 "kin_in": [
  {
   "from": "lrt-red-line",
   "type": "plan",
   "name": "Chiang Mai light rail, the Red Line",
   "as": "The underground route under the old town was flagged as a conflict."
  },
  {
   "from": "wats-and-rings",
   "type": "measure",
   "name": "Wats, zone by zone",
   "as": "The file."
  },
  {
   "from": "mae-kha-canal",
   "type": "place",
   "name": "Mae Kha canal",
   "as": "Inside the nominated core."
  }
 ]
}