Perhaps the most important temple in the city of Lampang is Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao, the temple of the Emerald Buddha. The temple was home for 32 years in the fifteenth century to Thailand's national symbol, the Emerald Buddha, now housed in its own temple inside Bangkok's Grand Palace.PagodaThe golden Chedi and a Burmese styled chapel of Wat Phra Kaeo Don TaoThe temple, and in fact the city of Lampang itself, is said to have been founded by the son of Lamphun's founder, Queen Chama Devi, in the seventh century. The 50 meter (165 foot) chedi (pagoda) is the only structure that survives of the original temple. In front of the pagoda is a Burmese styled open prayer hall built in 1909 by Burmese immigrants at the request of a Thai prince.