Aranyaprathet Victory Gate
Situated on the Thailand – Cambodia border at Ban Khlong Luek, Tambon
Tha Kham, the gate was constructed in 1939. The shape of the gate
consists of two octagonal 15 metre towers, with the base used as the
guarding area. These towers were destroyed by war. In 1959, the left
tower was reconstructed in the same shape to commemorate the dead
and injured soldiers. The right tower was altered to a huge marble
heart-shaped boundary stone facing Cambodia, with the Garuda (mythical
bird-man ) image on top, and the name “Thailand” below.
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