Saen Pung Gate

This guide to Saen Pung Gate in Chiang Mai's old city wall opens with an odd civic rule that still stands: any corpse from inside the walls must leave through this one gate. It traces the gate's real history, a shortcut a queen once used to visit the great temple she was building, and the bronze foundries that later gave the street its name. Walk the road beside the gate, still known today as Bronze Casters' Street.