personKawila
พระเจ้ากาวิละ · Phra Chao Kawila
Re-peopled an empty city and re-dug its moat, 1796.
What it is
First ruler of Chiang Mai under Siam. The city had stood nearly empty for two decades after the Burmese wars; he re-entered it in 1796, restored the walls and moat, and added the corner bastions in the form they have now. The gates and corners a driver turns at today are largely his.
Connected to
- The moat What he restored.
- 1796–1900 — Kawila's rebuilding His era.
Named here by
- Wua Lai Road Whose resettlement gave it its craft.
- 1796–1900 — Kawila's rebuilding The ruler.
Where each claim comes from
| Field | Tier | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| default | cited | Kawila — Wikipedia (en) | |
| text_th | inference | written in Thai by this project, in the northern register where it fits; not machine-translated |
Sources
- Kawila — Wikipedia (en)
- กำแพงเมืองและคูเมืองเชียงใหม่ — ทะเบียนแหล่งสิ่งแวดล้อมศิลปกรรม — ONEP, Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning
cited Cited — a named source, linked · harvested Harvested — fetched from an open dataset, with its licence · tradition Tradition — general knowledge of the tradition, hedged · inference Inference — this project's own reasoning from the above · field Field — someone stood there