Wat Koh Community
As a main artery coursing through its east bank, the Phetchaburi River gave rise to the 300 year Wat Koh Community which united people to live together in peace regardless of race and religion. All people arrived at the consensus that Wat of this multicultural community. In this Koh would become the vibrant centre community, most of the houses are sino-colonial style architecture. The Koh Kaew Suttharam Temple, commonly known as “Wat Koh”, is hidden in an isolated tranquil corner of Phetchaburi. Its ordination hall or the Ubosot was built in the Ayutthaya style. The hall consists in the murals which are widely hailed as one of the masterpieces and still remain in fairly well-preserved state. An inscription 26
