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Landmark Attractions In Bangkok

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Bangkok is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep . The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand, and has a population of over eight million, or 12.6 percent of the country's population. Over fourteen million people lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok the nation's primate city, significantly dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in terms of importance. Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew ...
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  • 1. Royal City Avenue Bangkok
    The Royal Thai Police are the national police force of Thailand. The RTP employs between 210,700 and 230,000 officers, roughly 17 percent of all civil servants . The Royal Thai Police frequently is recognized as the fourth armed force of Thailand as their tradition, concept, culture, skill, and training are relatively same as the army and most of their officer cadets need to graduate from the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School together with prospective cadets of the armed forces branches as a preparatory requirement before entering the Police Academy, while the constables endure paramilitary training similar to the army but with an additional focus on law enforcement.
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  • 4. Kalawar Church Bangkok Bangkok
    The Holy Rosary Church , also known as Kalawar , is a Roman Catholic church in Bangkok. It is located in Samphanthawong District, on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River. The history of the church dates to 1769, when a group of Portuguese Catholics resettled in the area after the fall of Ayutthaya; the current church building, in Gothic Revival style, was built in 1891–97 on the site of two previous structures.
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  • 5. Khlong Bang Luang Artist House Bangkok
    Khlong Bangkok Yai is a historic khlong of Bangkok. Originally it was part of the Chao Phraya River, In the past, Chao Phraya River has a more tortuous condition than present. Those who travel by boat must cruise along the river, which takes more than one day. It's a waste of time. Until in the reign of King Chairachathirat of Ayutthaya Kingdom, he ordered to be canalize through the mid of Chao Phraya River, reduce travel time faster, named Khlong Lat Bangkok , and make the original Chao Phraya River become two canals are Khlong Bangkok Yai and Khlong Bangkok Noi until today. In the reign of King Taksin of Thonburi Kingdom, he founded a new capital on the west side of the Chao Phraya River. So, throughout the Khlong Bangkok Yai became the residence of many people, such as the nobility and ...
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  • 6. Phra Athit Road Bangkok
    Phra Athit Road is located along Chao Phraya River to the northeast. Back in the past this road was full with important buildings such as houses of nobility and mansions as residence of ambassadors from other countries. Now there are Office of the Council of State, Buddhist Association of Thailand, Food Agriculture Organization , UNICEF of Thailand located on this road. It is surrounded by river piers, and a riverside park with the ancient for called Phra Arthit Fort or Phra Sumen Fort. At night this road is popular for many restaurants and bars with live music such as pop, rock, and Jazz for tourists and local people.Phra Arthit Road has a history of more than 200 years old since the establishment of Bangkok in King Rama I Era. Still, the road was actually built in the reign of King Rama ...
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  • 7. Giant Swing Bangkok
    The Giant Swing is a religious structure in Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, Thailand. Located in front of Wat Suthat, it was formerly used in an old Brahmin ceremony, and is one of Bangkok's tourist attractions.
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  • 8. Wat Chana Songkhram Bangkok
    Wat Chanasongkhram Ratchaworamahawiharn or usually shortened to Wat Chana Songkhram is a second-class royal monastery in Chana Songkram Sub-District, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, within area of Bang Lamphu opposite to Khaosan Road and next to Rambuttri Road. The temple is located at 77 Chakrabongse Road, its an old monastery which was built before the first Rattanakosin period . The former name is Wat Klang Na , later the reign of King Phutthayotfa Chulalok , Prince Maha Sura Singhanat granted Mon people and monks to lived in the area, renovated the temple to be resident of Mon monks. Later, King Phutthayotfa Chulalok gave the new name Wat Thong Pu , refers to name of a town in Myanmar after the name of Mon temple in Ayutthaya and Lopburi in the reign King Phutthayotfa Chulalok. The temp...
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  • 9. Wat Prayurawongsawat Worawihan Bangkok
    Wat Prayurawongsawat Worawihan is a 19th century Buddhist temple complex, located near the Memorial Bridge in Bangkok, Thailand.
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  • 12. Phra Maha Chedi Si Rajakarn Bangkok
    Wat Pho , also spelled Wat Po, is a Buddhist temple complex in the Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is on Rattanakosin Island, directly south of the Grand Palace. Known also as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, its official name is Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklararm Rajwaramahaviharn . The more commonly known name, Wat Pho, is a contraction of its older name Wat Photaram .The temple is first on the list of six temples in Thailand classed as the highest grade of the first-class royal temples. It is associated with King Rama I who rebuilt the temple complex on an earlier temple site, and became his main temple where some of his ashes are enshrined. The temple was later expanded and extensively renovated by Rama III. The temple complex houses the largest collection of Buddha ima...
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  • 13. Wat That Thong Bangkok
    Wat Pho , also spelled Wat Po, is a Buddhist temple complex in the Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is on Rattanakosin Island, directly south of the Grand Palace. Known also as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, its official name is Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklararm Rajwaramahaviharn . The more commonly known name, Wat Pho, is a contraction of its older name Wat Photaram .The temple is first on the list of six temples in Thailand classed as the highest grade of the first-class royal temples. It is associated with King Rama I who rebuilt the temple complex on an earlier temple site, and became his main temple where some of his ashes are enshrined. The temple was later expanded and extensively renovated by Rama III. The temple complex houses the largest collection of Buddha ima...
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