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Khlong Mon (Thai: คลองมอญ, pronounced [kʰlɔ̄ːŋ mɔ̄ːn]) is a khlong (canal) in Bangkok's Thonburi side. Khlong Mon has been dug since Ayutthaya period and delineates the border between Bangkok Yai and Bangkok Noi Districts. It has a starting from the west bank of the Chao Phraya River at the area beside the Royal Thai Navy Council passing Khlong Ban Khamin, which is the original city moat since Thonburi was the capital, to reach Khlong Bang Khun Si, also known as Khlong Chak Phra, which is the original Chao Phraya River, and Khlong Bangkok Yai. Then itself continuing on to the west as Khlong Bang Chueak Nang. Khlong Bang Chueak Nang when flowing to Wat Ko temple, it splits into two courses, the upper course called Khlong Bang Noi, while the lower course called Khlong Bang Chueak Nang and formed a boundary between Taling Chan with Phasi Charoen Districts. The khlong is called Khlong Mon from the reason that this area was the settlement of Mon ethnic people, and also called Khlong Bang Sao Thong (คลองบางเสาธง). The khlong was regarded as a strategic waterway. Therefore, a post was constructed on the khlong to be a checkpoint of the transported merchandises and passengers. The Mon peoples were appointed as the post-keepers. Throughout the 3 km (1.9 mi) length of the khlong, there are numerous old and important temples such as Wat Khrueawan, Wat Nak Klang, Wat Phraya Tham, Wat Chinorot, Wat Khrut, Wat Pho Riang, Wat Bang Sao Thong. Nowadays, the khlong is one of the famous foreign tourists' tour routes as well as Khlong Bangkok Yai or Khlong Bangkok Noi.The cabinet had a resolution in 1967 to have Khlong Mon as a preserved khlong.

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Itsaraphap Road
Itsaraphap Road

Itsaraphap Road (Thai: ถนนอิสรภาพ, pronounced [tʰā.nǒn ʔìt̚.sā.rā.pʰâːp̚]) is a main road in Bangkok's Thonburi side (west bank of Chao Phraya River), it is also the location of the Itsaraphap MRT Station, the Blue Line extension station and the only underground station on the Thonburi side. It has a starting point at Lat Ya Junction in the area of Khlong San Subdistrict, Khlong San District, where it meets Lat Ya and Tha Din Daeng Roads then westward cuts across Ban Khaek Intersection, where it meets Prajadhipok Road in the areas of Hiran Ruchi and Wat Kanlaya Subdistricts, Thon Buri District, then spans Khlong Bangkok Yai canal on Charoenphat Bridge and into the area of Bangkok Yai District (this phase it also serves as a delineates line between Wat Arun and Wat Tha Phra Subdistricts) and cuts across Pho Sam Ton Junction, where it meets Wang Doem Road, as far as spans Khlong Mon and into the area of Ban Chang Lo Subdistrict, Bangkok Noi District, where it bends slightly north and cuts across Phran Nok Intersection, where it meets Phran Nok and Wang Lang Roads (this phase it also serves as a delineates line between Ban Chang Lo and Siri Rat Subdistricts), as far as ending at Ban Noen Junction in the areas of Ban Chang Lo and Siriraj Subdistricts near Thonburi Railway Station and Siriraj Hospital (section Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital), total distance of 4.18 km (2 mi 1,051 yd). It was built in the year 1931 during the King Prajadhipok (Rama VII)'s reign after the construction of a Memorial Bridge linked between Phra Nakhon and Thonburi sides was completed. It was regarded as one of the 11 roads in the Thonburi area traffic expansion project, along with other roads such as Tha Din Daeng, Phran Nok, Somdet Chao Phraya etc. The road was once called "Chao Krung Thon Road" (ถนนเจ้ากรุงธน, lit: "the road of the King of Thon Buri") not long after its construction, however, the King Taksin Monument was built right in the middle of Wongwian Yai, so the name of the road was likewise changed to honour the monarch who declared Siam’s independence from the Burmese. (Itsaraphap means "independence" or "freedom" in Thai).Although it is short, Itsaraphap Road runs through important places such as Dhonburi Rajabhat University, Bansomdej Chaopraya Rajabhat University, Wat Ratchasittharam, Royal Thai Navy Headquarters, Taweethapisek School, Thonburi Hospital, Wat Chinorot and Chinorot Wittayalai School etc. It also runs through three other mosques of Shia sect, namely Kudi Charoenphat, Dilfulla Mosque, and Phadungtham Islam Mosque.

Thonburi city moat
Thonburi city moat

The Thonburi city moat (Thai: คลองคูเมืองธนบุรีฝั่งตะวันตก) is the collective name of many several waterways in the form of moats on the Thonburi side or the west bank of the Chao Phraya river, location of Thonburi Kingdom, the former capital of Thailand between the years 1767 to 1782 ruled by a single monarch, King Taksin. These moats were part of the city moat of Thonburi Kingdom. They were canalized from the natural water-furrows surrounded by the fruit orchards and green space that flow through the west bank of the Chao Phraya river, by order of King Taksin in 1771, as a fortress to protect the new capital, Thonburi, after the fall of Ayutthaya in 1767. Currently, they occupy two consecutive districts of Bangkok—Bangkok Yai and Bangkok Noi. Some parts were also extend to the east bank of the Chao Phraya river, now known as Khlong Rop Krung and Khlong Khu Mueang Doem, they formed Rattanakosin Island. The moats were was called separately the name by the quarters that they passed through. Their origins were at the mouth of the Khlong Bangkok Yai next to the Wichai Prasit Fort (previously Bangkok Fort or Wichayen Fort), turn north up till it ends at the mouth of Khlong Bangkok Noi near the present-day Siriraj Hospital and Siriraj Bimuksthan Museum (former site of Bangkok Noi railway station). Each of the moats was named, and are as follows, from south to north, they are: Khlong Wat Tai Talat, near what are now Wat Molilokkayaram and Khlong Wat Arun Khlong Ban Mo, near what are now Royal Thai Navy Convention Hall and Taweethapisek School, total length 2.56 km (1.6 mi). Its name comes from the fact that it used to be a settlement of the Mon who made and sold pottery just like the Ban Mo area on Rattanakosin Island Khlong Ban Khamin, near what is the area called Ban Khamin and the location of Thonburi Hospital, total length 1.59 km (1.0 mi). It was once an area where turmeric was grown and processed into powder for use as a traditional medicine and as a cosmetic for skin care. It is said that in those days both sides of the moat were perfumed with the scent of turmeric Khlong Ban Chang Lo, in the area of Ban Chang Lo to Siriraj Hospital, it is cut across by Khlong Wat Rakhang Khlong Ban Noen, near what is the area called Ban Noen, near Bangkok Noi railway station (now Thon Buri railway station) and the northern end of Itsaraphap road The distance between Khlong Wat Tai Talat and Khlong Ban Mo, there is another waterway that cuts through it, Khlong Wat Arun or Khlong Wat Jaeng, officially Khlong Nakhon Ban. It lies to the north of Wat Arun or internationally Temple of Dawn. During the Thonburi period, the location of Wat Arun was annexed to the area of the Thonburi Palace, so this small canal was then the north moat of the Thonburi Palace, the resident of King Taksin. It is a tributary of the Chao Phraya river, which parts from the Chao Phraya to join with Khlong Mon at the side of the temple, total length 1.45 km (0.9 mi). Currently, an extension of Arun Amarin road spans through it. In the past, the water in the moats were clear and clean and could be used for consumption. Including being a transportation route, and was also a habitat for various types of edible fish, as well as giant freshwater prawns, the local delicacy. What is a pity that at present, the moats are shallow and polluted. This is the result of filling in for roads and railways included building concrete banks on both sides of them. As a result, these moats no longer remain as fortresses and historical landmarks as they were in the past.