Elephant Kraal Pavilion, Ayutthaya
The Pavilion, was the royal seat used to witness the elephant round up, is located in the north of Ayutthaya city island (4 km from the Ayutthaya city center). In the past wild elephants would be trained here to use become war or transport animals. It is thought that in the Ayutthaya period the stockade was inside the city wall, but this one was built later and was used up until the Bangkok period.
The structure is a big cage surrounded with logs. The Kraal is also surrounded by an earthen wall with bricks raised up to the pillar top. An elephant round-up was demonstrated here in 1890, during the reign of King Rama V, for the benefit of the Tsarevitch, who later became Nicholas II of Russia, during his visit to Siam.
