Gates and corners

ประตูช้างม่อย

An outer gate in the earthen wall, dated to 1282 in the chronicle, gone since the 1910s. Between 1910 and 1915 the earth bank and the gate were…

ประตูช้างเผือก

The northern gate, formerly Hua Wiang, the head of the city. Kings entered here; the road north to Mae Rim and Fang, Route 107, still begins outside…

ประตูเชียงใหม่

The southern gate, formerly Tai Wiang, the foot of the city. A market sits against it, open before dawn, and Wua Lai Road runs south from it.

แจ่งหัวลิน

The northwest corner of the moat, one of the four bastions (chaeng) added to the wall in later restorations. Where two straight sides of the moat…

แจ่งก๊ะต๊ำ

The southeast corner of the moat, one of the four bastions (chaeng) added to the wall in later restorations. Where two straight sides of the moat…

แจ่งกู่เฮือง

The southwest corner of the moat, one of the four bastions (chaeng) added to the wall in later restorations. Where two straight sides of the moat…

แจ่งศรีภูมิ

The northeast corner of the moat, one of the four bastions (chaeng) added to the wall in later restorations. Where two straight sides of the moat…

ประตูสวนดอก

The western gate, the flower-garden gate, named for the royal garden that became Wat Suan Dok outside it. Suthep Road leaves here for the university…

ประตูสวนปรุง

The second gate in the south wall, added under King Sam Fang Kaen in the 1400s, so that the south wall alone has two. The hospital of the same name…

ประตูท่าแพ

The eastern gate of the walled city, at the head of Tha Phae Road, facing the river a kilometre away. Originally Chiang Rueak Gate, after the trading…