Thailand, Bangkok 01 - Democracy Monument
The Democracy Monument is a public monument in the center of Bangkok, capital of Thailand. The monument was commissioned in 1939 to commemorate the 1932 Siamese coup d'état also called Siamese Revolution of 1932 which led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in what was then the Kingdom of Siam. It occupies a traffic circle on the wide east-west Ratchadamnoen Klang Road, only a five minutes walk from the Khao San Road...
Democracy Monument Bangkok
The Democracy Monument (Thai: อนุสาวรีย์ประชาธิปไตย Anusawari Prachathipatai) is a public monument in the centre of Bangkok, capital of Thailand. It occupies a traffic circle on the wide east-west Ratchadamnoen Klang Road, at the intersection of Dinso Road. The monument is roughly halfway between Sanam Luang, the former royal cremation ground in front of Wat Phra Kaew, and the temple of the Golden Mount (Phu Kao Thong). Source: Wikipedia.
Democracy monument, Bangkok
The Democracy monument in Bangkok, from the Taxi, January 2011
The Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand
The Democracy Monument is a public monument in the centre of Bangkok, capital of Thailand. It occupies a traffic circle on the wide east-west Ratchadamnoen Avenue, at the intersection of Dinso Road. The monument is roughly halfway between Sanam Luang, the former royal cremation ground in front of Wat Phra Kaew, and the temple of the Golden Mount (Phu Kao Thong).
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Today I walking tour to Wat Phra Kaew, Ratchadamnoen road, 14 October memorial, Democracy monument. the weather is gloomy but there are a lot of tourists coming out. Hope your enjoy in this video, Thank You.
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Democracy Monument, Bangkok, Thailand
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Traffic crowd at the intersection near the fortress and the Democracy Monument in Bangkok
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The Democracy Monument occupies a traffic circle on the wide east-west Ratchadamnoen Avenue.
It was commissioned in 1939 to commemorate the 1932 Siamese coup d'état which led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in what was then the Kingdom of Siam, by its military ruler, Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram.
The Italian sculptor Corrado Feroci, who became a Thai citizen and used the Thai name Silpa Bhirasi from the Second World War on, initially to avoid Japanese military ire, executed the relief sculptures around the base of the monument.
The building of the monument was highly unpopular at the time. Local residents and shopkeepers (mostly Chinese) were evicted from their homes and businesses with 60 days' notice. The widening of Ratchadamnoen Road to create a ceremonial boulevard involved cutting down hundreds of shade trees, a serious matter in the days before air conditioning, given Bangkok's torrid climate. (Wikipedia)
Democracy Monument, Bangkok
Thailand: Bangkok protest rocks Democracy Monument
Protests continued in Thailand Monday evening, as thousands gathered at the Democracy Monument in Bangkok.
Earlier Monday, anti-government protesters stormed both the Finance Ministry and Foreign Ministry. About 1,000 protesters poured into the Finance Ministry, filling the first floor of the compound's main building and occupying six others. Some protesters gathered in hallways and meeting rooms, blowing whistles and spreading plastic mats for what they say is a long-term occupation of the building. In response to the escalating protest, Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra invoked special security powers to curb widespread demonstrations, with her decision to enforce Thailand's Internal Security Act allowing police to impose curfews and seal roads.
Anti-government protesters argue that Yingluck Shinawatra is under too much control by her brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup and convicted in 2008 of graft. Thaksin currently lives in self-imposed exile.
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Procession near Democracy Monument, Bangkok, Thailand ( 1 )
This video was Shot on Sunday 17th July 2011 when a very large procession involving many schools and their pupils was being held.
The Democracy Monument is a public monument in the centre of Bangkok, capital of Thailand. It occupies a traffic circle on the wide east - west Ratchadamnoen Klang Road, at the intersection of Dinso Road. The monument is roughly halfway between Sanam Luang, the former royal cremation ground in front of Wat Phra Kaew, and the temple of the Golden Mount.
The monument was commissioned in 1939 to commemorate the 1932 Siamese coup d'état (also called Siamese Revolution of 1932 or just the 1932 Revolution) which led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in what was then the Kingdom of Siam, by its military ruler, Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsonggram who saw the monument as the centre of what he envisaged as a new, westernised Bangkok.
The monument was designed by Mew Aphaiwong, an architect whose brother Khuang Aphaiwong was a leading member of Phibun's regime. The Italian sculptor Corrado Feroci, who was a Thai citizen and used the Thai name Silpa Bhirasi, executed the relief sculptures around the base of the monument.
The building of the Monument was highly unpopular at the time. Local residents and shopkeepers (mostly Chinese) were evicted from their homes and businesses with 60 days notice. The widening of Ratchadamnoen Road to create a ceremonial boulevard involved cutting down hundreds of shade trees, a serious matter in the days before air conditioning, given Bangkok's torrid climate.
The centrepiece of the Monument is a carved representation of a palm-leaf manuscript box holding the Thai Constitution of 1932, on top of two golden offering bowls above a round turret. The Constitution is symbolically guarded by four wing - like structures representing the four branches of the Thai armed forces - army, navy, air force and police - which carried out the 1932 coup.
The wings are 24 metres high, and this is also the radius of the base of the monument, marking the fact that the 1932 coup took place on 24 June. The central turret is three metres high, representing the month of June, which is the third month of the traditional Thai calendar. There were originally 75 small cannon around the outer ring of the monument, representing the year of the coup, 2475 in the Buddhist calendar. The six gates of the turret represent the six proclaimed policies of the Phibun regime: - independence, internal peace, equality, freedom, economy and education.
Facing outwards from the base of two of the wings are fountains in the form of naga, the protective snake creatures of Hindu and Buddhist mythology, although the sculptures resemble western dragons more than traditional naga sculptures. The relief sculptures at the base of the monument are propagandistic in their design. They depict the armed forces both as the champions of democracy and as the personification of the Thai people. In the version of events depicted in these sculptures, the coup of 1932 was carried out by a united and idealistic Thai armed forces for the people, and had both the intention and effect of making Thailand a democracy. In the relief's, civilians appear only as the grateful recipients of the heroism and benevolence of the armed forces.
The panel titled Soldiers Fighting for Democracy shows a heroic and united armed forces doing battle for democracy. The panel titled Personification of the People shows a soldier protecting the Thai people while they go about their civilian pursuits. The mother with child at left is the only woman depicted anywhere at the Democracy Monument. The panel represents the view of the military regime of 1939 that the armed forces were ruling for the people.
The panel titled Personification of Balance and Good Life represents the social ideology of the military regime. An allegorical figure representing the nation, seated in a Buddha-like posture ( but not Buddha himself ), holding a sword and a set of scales, representing the armed forces and justice respectively, sits in the centre, flanked by figures representing sport, education, religion and the arts.
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- ... Trying out yet another of Bangkok 's transport, we took the river boat to the Democracy Monument, which like most things in Thailand is adorned with a gigantic picture of the King in a gold frame - they love their king ...
- ... You'll pass Democracy Monument on the way ...
- ... I passed Thammasat University, where hundreds of pro- democracy student protesters were killed by the military in 1976, and Democracy Monument, where they are memorialized ...
- ... At 4pm we walked to the Democracy Monument and had an early dinner at Vijit Restaurant, and then Aunt Kathy and I said our goodbyes and she got a cab ...
- ... Democracy monument is another street up and again the heat is getting to me so I hide in a 7-Eleven for 10 minutes or so, then ...
- ... The Democracy Monument was erected in 1932 to commemorate Thailand 's momentous transformation from absolute to constitutional monarchy ...
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- Democracy Monument at sunset by Josie_ty from a blog titled Bangkok... best of both worlds
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- The Democracy Monument by Eric from a blog titled Tour for Thai friend
- The Democracy Monument by Jasieniukrtw from a blog titled Lovely Bangkok has cleaned up its air
- L: Democracy Monument by Pjmartin from a blog titled No India... Just Thailand
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- Democracy Monument by 1061kun from a blog titled Day 3B - The great run around
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Procession near Democracy Monument, Bangkok, Thailand ( 2 )
This video was Shot on Sunday 17th July 2011 when a very large procession involving many schools and their pupils was being held.
The Democracy Monument is a public monument in the centre of Bangkok, capital of Thailand. It occupies a traffic circle on the wide east - west Ratchadamnoen Klang Road, at the intersection of Dinso Road. The monument is roughly halfway between Sanam Luang, the former royal cremation ground in front of Wat Phra Kaew, and the temple of the Golden Mount.
The monument was commissioned in 1939 to commemorate the 1932 Siamese coup d'état (also called Siamese Revolution of 1932 or just the 1932 Revolution) which led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in what was then the Kingdom of Siam, by its military ruler, Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsonggram who saw the monument as the centre of what he envisaged as a new, westernised Bangkok.
The monument was designed by Mew Aphaiwong, an architect whose brother Khuang Aphaiwong was a leading member of Phibun's regime. The Italian sculptor Corrado Feroci, who was a Thai citizen and used the Thai name Silpa Bhirasi, executed the relief sculptures around the base of the monument.
The building of the Monument was highly unpopular at the time. Local residents and shopkeepers (mostly Chinese) were evicted from their homes and businesses with 60 days notice. The widening of Ratchadamnoen Road to create a ceremonial boulevard involved cutting down hundreds of shade trees, a serious matter in the days before air conditioning, given Bangkok's torrid climate.
The centrepiece of the Monument is a carved representation of a palm-leaf manuscript box holding the Thai Constitution of 1932, on top of two golden offering bowls above a round turret. The Constitution is symbolically guarded by four wing - like structures representing the four branches of the Thai armed forces - army, navy, air force and police - which carried out the 1932 coup.
The wings are 24 metres high, and this is also the radius of the base of the monument, marking the fact that the 1932 coup took place on 24 June. The central turret is three metres high, representing the month of June, which is the third month of the traditional Thai calendar. There were originally 75 small cannon around the outer ring of the monument, representing the year of the coup, 2475 in the Buddhist calendar. The six gates of the turret represent the six proclaimed policies of the Phibun regime: - independence, internal peace, equality, freedom, economy and education.
Facing outwards from the base of two of the wings are fountains in the form of naga, the protective snake creatures of Hindu and Buddhist mythology, although the sculptures resemble western dragons more than traditional naga sculptures. The relief sculptures at the base of the monument are propagandistic in their design. They depict the armed forces both as the champions of democracy and as the personification of the Thai people. In the version of events depicted in these sculptures, the coup of 1932 was carried out by a united and idealistic Thai armed forces for the people, and had both the intention and effect of making Thailand a democracy. In the relief's, civilians appear only as the grateful recipients of the heroism and benevolence of the armed forces.
The panel titled Soldiers Fighting for Democracy shows a heroic and united armed forces doing battle for democracy. The panel titled Personification of the People shows a soldier protecting the Thai people while they go about their civilian pursuits. The mother with child at left is the only woman depicted anywhere at the Democracy Monument. The panel represents the view of the military regime of 1939 that the armed forces were ruling for the people.
The panel titled Personification of Balance and Good Life represents the social ideology of the military regime. An allegorical figure representing the nation, seated in a Buddha-like posture ( but not Buddha himself ), holding a sword and a set of scales, representing the armed forces and justice respectively, sits in the centre, flanked by figures representing sport, education, religion and the arts.
Democracy Monument, Bangkok @ Night
Bangkok is a huge diaspora of different shapes, buildings and structures all trying to cut their way out of the buzzing city's crowded skyline to become landmarks, a task that is no mean feat in this architecturally overflowing city. Indeed turn a corner and a brand new influence will unexpectedly thrust itself for attention. A few structures though elbow their way successfully out from the crowd to become landmarks and none stands out moreso that the impressive Democracy Monument which straddles many influences and was built in 1939 to commemorate transition from absolute to consitutional monarchy and the introduction of Thailand's (then Siam) first constitution. It is located on Thanon Ratchadamnoen Klang where it intersects with Thanon Dinso, placing it on the map squarely between Dusit Palace and the Grand Palace meaning that its positioning on the map is also symbolic.
Like so many monuments in Bangkok it is sits astride on a traffic island and the crazy roads of the city mean one has to take ones life in ones own hands if it is to be observed close up. It's concept and structure are impressive. Commssioned in 1939 to celebrate the coup d'etat seven years earlier it was designed by Mew Aphhaiwong while the reliefs were the work of an Italian Corrado Feroci who had been invited to Thailand by King Rama IV a decade-and-a-half earlier to infuse the city with a European art tradition and who had stayed in the country, becoming a citizen and taking the name Silpa Birhasi.
The centrepiece of the Democracy Monument is a hewn replica of the new consitution atop two golden offering bowls and sitting on a turret which is safeguared by the four 'wings' that symbolise the army, navy, air force and police (the bodies that carried out the revolution). Each of the wings are 24 metres high (the span of the monument is also 24 metres) to symbolise the June 24th date when power shifted hands.
In later years the monument has become a rallying point for those seeking change and its focal position in the 1973 uprisings have bestowed a legacy that is in sharp contrast to its original purpose and have given it a sense of purpose as it has found itself a deeper place in the history of the country. Like most of Bangkok's landmarks it is floodlight at night and it provides of of the city's finest and most unique sights after dark. Timeless and unique there also has to be a sense of irony that right opposite this beacon into an era of different values sits a McDonald's complete with the restaurant chain's usual garish neon lighting and cheap plastic facade.