District guide · Bangkok
Phra Nakhon is the central district of Bangkok, encompassing Rattanakosin Island and bordered by the Chao Phraya River. The Grand Palace, the Temple of the Emer...
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Phra Nakhon is the central district of Bangkok, encompassing Rattanakosin Island and bordered by the Chao Phraya River. The Grand Palace, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, and the National Museum stand among its major landmarks. The district contains numerous historical temples, royal residences, and cultural institutions that form the heart of Thailand's capital.
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วัดบวรนิเวศราชวรวิหาร
Wat Bowonniwet Vihara is the headquarters temple of the Thammayut order, and that single fact governs everything a visitor sees in the compound.
พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติ หอศิลป
The National Gallery on Chao Fa Road is Thailand's first state institution for collecting, conserving and exhibiting the nation's art, and it occupies the old royal mint building at the north end of the Rattanakosin island, a five-minute walk from…
โรงละครแห่งชาติ
The National Theatre is a major performing arts venue in Bangkok, Thailand. It serves as a principal stage for traditional Thai performing arts, including khon masked dance drama, lakhon classical dance, and other national heritage performances.
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Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre is the modernist cinema at the corner of Charoen Krung and Tripet roads in Wang Burapha, opened on 2 July 1933 and built with 9,000,000 baht of King Prajadhipok's personal money to mark the 150th anniversary…
ศาลหลักเมืองกรุงเทพมหานคร
The Bangkok City Pillar Shrine is the oldest thing in Bangkok, and it is older than the city in the strict sense: the acacia pillar at its centre was raised on 21 April 1782, before the walls, before the ministries…
