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Golden Mount (Phu Khao Thong)
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The Golden Mount or Phu Khao Thong is
78 meters (256 ft) high and visitors can reach
the top by stairway of 318 steps. Construction
started in the period of King Rama III and
completed in the King Mongkut period.


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Another view of the Golden Mount from
Ratchadamnoen avenue. At the bottom of
the Golden Mount there is Wat Saket, built
during the Ayutthaya  period.