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Sanam Chai MRT station

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Sanam Chai MRT (I)
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Sanam Chai station (Thai: สถานีสนามไชย, pronounced [sā.tʰǎː.nīː sā.nǎːm t͡ɕʰāj]) is a Bangkok MRT rapid transit station on the Blue Line. The station is located underground under Sanam Chai Road. During the excavation of the site to build the station, multiple historical artifacts were found, such as coins from the reign of King Mongkut and King Chulalongkorn. These were given to the Fine Arts Department and Museum Siam for preservation and research. An exhibition was planned to display these artifacts at concourse level under Exit 1. This was opened to the public as the first museum in Thailand located underground on 27 November 2020, free of charge.

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Sanam Chai MRT station
Sanam Chai Road, Bangkok Phra Nakhon District

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Sanam Chai Road
10200 Bangkok, Phra Nakhon District
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Rajinee Pier
Rajinee Pier

Rajinee Pier, also written as Rajini Pier (ท่าราชินี, RTGS: Tha Rachini, pronounced [tʰâː râː.t͡ɕʰīː.nīː]) with designated pier number N7, is a pier on the Chao Phraya River located at the Wang Burapha Phirom Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District in the area of Pak Khlong Talat on the Rattanakosin Island. The pier is named after Rajini School, one of the oldest all-girls secondary schools located right beside it. The pier serves the Chao Phraya Express Boat and is known for its scenic views. From this side of the river, one can see Santa Cruz Church, the pagoda of Wat Prayurawongsawat, and three adjoining white Thai-style pavilions that house the City Law Enforcement Department's head office, which was once the Thonburi Provincial Hall. Altogether, this area is known as Kudi Chin, a historic neighbourhood dating back to before the founding of Rattanakosin (present-day Bangkok), originally settled by Thai people of mixed Chinese and Portuguese descent. Rajinee Pier is situated between Yodpiman Pier (N6/1) and Wat Arun Pier (N7/1) and is among the busiest, both for passengers and tourists. It offers convenient connections to other public transport systems, including the MRT Blue Line at Sanam Chai Station, as well as several BMTA bus routes, such as lines 5, 4-48 (7ก), 2-38 (8), 3-41 (47), 2-9 (53), and 2-45 (73). In 2022, the pier was renovated as part of the Marine Department's Smart Pier initiative and reopened in late December. The facility is a two-story passenger terminal covering 1,277 square meters, with a rooftop terrace serving as a riverside viewpoint and multi-purpose space. Its interior design highlights elements of Thai identity, blending modern functionality with cultural aesthetics.

Yodpiman Riverwalk
Yodpiman Riverwalk

Yodpiman Riverwalk, also written as Yodpiman River Walk, usually shortened to Yodpiman (Thai: ตลาดยอดพิมาน) is a good atmosphere community mall on the diversion of Chao Phraya River near Memorial Bridge. Yodpiman can be considered as part of Pak Khlong Talat, a largest and oldest flower market in Bangkok and Thailand. It is located behind Pak Khlong Talat, the building has three floors in a colonial style with serving restaurants, cafés, bakeries, banks, souvenir shops, clothing stores, and there is a terrace for walks and sightseeing along the banks of the Chao Phraya River. From this terrace, looking at the opposite (Thonburi side) you can see Santa Cruz Church, ubosot (ordination hall) of Wat Prayurawongsawat and Wat Kalayanamitr, three Thai-style white pavilions that is the head office of City Law Enforcement Department, Wichai Prasit Fort and prang (Khmer-style pagoda) of Wat Arun clearly.Formerly, its location was once a warehouse and an old port that is around 50–60 years old, include used to be a flower market since 1961. Until in early 2016, it has been upgraded to a new landmark of Rattanakosin Island and Chao Phraya River. Moreover, Yodpiman Riverwalk is also a pier for Chao Phraya Express Boat with designated pier number N6/1, it can be considered as a pier in the middle between Rajinee (N7) and Memorial Bridge Piers (N6). From here you can take a boat to other nearby attractions such as Tha Tian, Wat Pho etc.

Wat Pho
Wat Pho

Wat Pho (Thai: วัดโพธิ์, pronounced [wát pʰōː] (listen)), 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 Wimon Mangkhalaram Rajwaramahawihan (Thai: วัดพระเชตุพนวิมลมังคลารามราชวรมหาวิหาร; pronounced [wát pʰráʔ tɕʰê:t.tù.pʰon wíʔ.mon.maŋ.kʰlaː.raːm râːt.tɕʰá.wɔː.ráʔ.má.hǎː.wíʔ.hǎːn]). The more commonly known name, Wat Pho, is a contraction of its older name, Wat Photaram (Thai: วัดโพธาราม; RTGS: Wat Photharam).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. It became his main temple and is 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 images in Thailand, including a 46 m long reclining Buddha. The temple is considered the earliest centre for public education in Thailand, and the marble illustrations and inscriptions placed in the temple for public instructions has been recognised by UNESCO in its Memory of the World Programme. It houses a school of Thai medicine, and is also known as the birthplace of traditional Thai massage which is still taught and practiced at the temple.

Ban Mo, Bangkok
Ban Mo, Bangkok

Ban Mo (Thai: บ้านหม้อ, pronounced [bâːn.mɔ̂ː]) is the name of a street and its corresponding neighbourhood in Bangkok's Wang Burapha Phirom Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District. It is located just outside the old inner moat in the historic Rattanakosin Island area. The road runs a short distance of 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) from Si Kak Phraya Si Intersection, where it meets Charoen Krung and Fueang Nakhon roads, to meet Chak Phet Road in the Pak Khlong Talat area. It passes the beginning of Phahurat Road at Ban Mo Intersection. It can be considered a road with one-way traffic management. The area was settled during the Thonburi period by Mon and Vietnamese settlers, whose primary trade was pottery. The area thus became known as Ban Mo, meaning "pottery village". The trade later shifted to goldworking, as well as diamond jewellery. Today, the neighbourhood has become a well known centre of shops specialising in electronics and audio equipment.At present, remaining evidence of pottery is a pot sculpture on the gable of the entrance gate Ban Mo Market.Moreover, Ban Mo was also site the first headquarters of Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) in 1904 as Book Club (now, the building is adjacent to Saowabha Vocational College) before moving to Talat Noi in Yaowarat neighbourhood soon after. Today's Siam Commercial Bank, Talat Noi Branch. And also home to the San Chao Por Ban Mo Lao Pun Tao Kong (Chinese: 萬茂老本頭公古廟; pinyin: wàn mào lǎo běn tóu gōng gǔ miào), Teochew's joss house is believed to be the oldest in Bangkok established since 1816.