Wat Prayoonwongsawat In 2013, Wat Prayurawongsawat Worawihan received the Award of Excellence from UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation. It is a royal monastery with a large round principal chedi that is surrounded by 18 smaller chedis. Built in…
Santa Cruz Church King Taksin the Great bestowed a plot of land to a Portuguese community in 1769 which is the time of the early establishment of Bangkok City to build a Roman Catholic church. The current church, constructed to…
Phra Racha Wang Derm (Thon Buri Palace) Thonburi Palace is the former palace of King Taksin the Great, established in 1767. It is strategi-cally located on the bank of Chao Phraya River and surrounded by many strong forts, of which…
Wat Kalayanamitr In 1825, a Thai-Chinese nobleman named Chao Phraya Nikonbodin established a temple as an of-fering to King Rama III. The king acknowledged and praised his sincerity and friendship by nam-ing this temple, “Wat Kalayanamitr Varamahavihara”— “Kalayanamitr” in Thai…
Wat Arun Rajvararam Wat Arun or the Temple of Dawn is an ancient temple built probably before 1656 during the Ayut-thaya Period. It is one of Thailand’s most iconic landmarks along Chao Phraya River. The 67-meter-tall prang or pagoda is…