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First Bangkok City Hall

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Bangkok City Hall in December 2019
Bangkok City Hall in December 2019

The First Bangkok City Hall (Thai: ศาลาว่าการ กทม.1), commonly known as Bangkok City Hall (Thai: ศาลาว่าการกรุงเทพมหานคร), is the headquarters of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) in Phra Nakhon district, Bangkok, Thailand.

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First Bangkok City Hall
Dinso Road, Bangkok Phra Nakhon District

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ศาลาว่าการกรุงเทพมหานคร

Dinso Road
10200 Bangkok, Phra Nakhon District
Thailand
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Bangkok City Hall in December 2019
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Dinso Road
Dinso Road

Dinso Road (Thai: ถนนดินสอ, RTGS: Thanon Dinso, pronounced [tʰā.nǒn dīn.sɔ̌ː], lit. 'Pencil Road') is a road in the area of Rattanakosin Island or Bangkok's old town zone. It begins at the corner of the Giant Swing from Bamrung Mueang and Ti Thong Roads at front of the Devasathan and runs past the side of Bangkok City Hall parallel to Siriphong Road, then cuts across Ratchadamnoen Avenue at the Democracy Monument, passing Satriwittaya School and Wat Bowon Niwet School in the Banglamphu area. The road then reaches its end at the foot of Wan Chat Bridge, where it intersects with Phra Sumen Road and Prachathipatai Road, extending for a total length of 850 metres (2,790 ft).The later section has one-way traffic. Historically, the area around Dinso Road was home to a community of pencil-makers whose origins stretch back to the Ayutthaya period, during which the area was known as Yan Pa Dinso (Thai: ย่านป่าดินสอ, lit. 'Pencil Forest Neighborhood'). Aside from a pencils, they also produced white clay fillers, which are also known in Thai as dinso. The construction of Dinso Road began in 1898 and was completed the following year, corresponding to the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). The road was constructed in order to expand the traffic of the city, and was at the time named Ban Dinso Road (Thai: ถนนบ้านดินสอ, lit. 'Pencil House Road'). Chulalongkorn presided over the official opening ceremony on November 15, 1899. Like other roads in the area, the modern Dinso Road is full of restaurants, bookstores, milk café, sweet shops, as well as hostels. Some of them was chosen to be Bib Gourmand from 2019 Michelin Guide as well.

Wat Thepthidaram
Wat Thepthidaram

Wat Thepthidaram Worawihan or popularly known as Wat Thepthidaram is a third grade royal Buddhist temple in Worawihan type, located in the area known as Pratu Phi or official name Samran Rat, Bangkok, near Mahakan Fort and Wat Ratchanadda. It is a historic temple, formerly name was Wat Phraya Krai Suan Luang, as it was located in Tambon Suan Luang Phraya Krai (assume that it should be a residence or a farm of a nobleman named Phraya Krai). King Nangklao (Rama III) founded the temple in the year 1836 in honour of his eldest daughter Princess Vilas, the Princess Apsorn Sudathep. The princess was a favourite of the king. The construction was completed in the year 1839, and a new royal name was bestowed as Wat Thepthidaram ("the temple of the celestial daughter"). Princess Vilas herself also contributed personally to the construction of the temple. The temple has many items and artifacts with beautiful patterns, porcelain, and Chinese dolls, due to the prosperous of merchandising between China and Siam (Thailand in those days) as well as other historic temples, such as Wat Pho, Wat Suthat, Wat Ratcha Orasaram. In ordination hall, the principal Buddha image which was carved form pure white stone is enshrined inside the Wetchayan Butsabok (small size of mandapa), that King Rama III had invited from the Royal Grand Palace to the temple, hence, it got the name Luang Pho Khao (white reverend father). Afterwards, King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) gave the name Phra Phuttha Thewavilas to the Buddha image in the year 1971. The roof of the ordination hall had no Chofah Bai Raka (finals on the roof) and the gable was decorated with Chinese porcelain, similar to Wat Nang Chi or Wat Champa. Another interesting attraction of this temple is there are 52 images of bhikkhunīs (female monk) in bhikkhunī sanctuary on the left side of the ordination hall. Which is different from general temples.Wat Thepthidaram was registered to a national ancient monument by the Fine Arts Department in the year 1977.Moreover, the temple was used to be the residence of Sunthorn Phu, the royal poet in the early Rattanakosin era, while he ordained as a monk (under patronage by Princess Vilas). This monk's dwelling is now open as the Sunthorn Phu Museum. The waterway that runs through the side of the temple is named Khlong Lot Wat Thepthidaram, a part of Khlong Lot or Khlong Khu Mueang Doem, the old city moat around the Royal Grand Palace. It is the point where Khlong Lot confluences the old and current city moats separating into two canals. From its beginning in King Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I)'s reign, the canal had no name. Later, in the occasion of 200th anniversary of Rattanakosin (Bangkok) in the year 1982, the government gave the two canal the official names as Khlong Lot Ratchanadda and Khlong Lot Wat Ratchabophit. Khlong Lot Wat Thepthidaram is a part of Khlong Lot Ratchanadda and also currents continuously to the side of Bangkok City Hall on Dinso Road side (in that part it is called Khlong Lot Wat Ratchanadda).

Bamrung Chat Satsana Ya Thai
Bamrung Chat Satsana Ya Thai

Bamrungchat Satsana Yathai (Thai: บำรุงชาติสาสนายาไทย) or familiarly known as Ban Mowaan (บ้านหมอหวาน) is a traditional Thai medicine store and historic building located at 9, Soi Thesa, Bamrung Mueang Road, Wat Ratchabophit Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok. It was created by Wan Rodmuang (นายหวาน รอดม่วง) or Mo Waan (หมอหวาน; lit: Doctor Waan) under the traditional Thai medicine who lived in the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) to Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) (1870–1945). In the past, Mo Waan lived at the intersection of Unakan Road and Charoen Krung Road (Unakan Intersection in the present) and later moved near to the Sao Chingcha (Giant Swing) on the current location. It's a colonial-style old building, which is a house as well as a traditional Thai medicine shop that has been inherited for more than four generations. The building is still filled with antiquities that tell the story of the past as well as the ancient medicine over a hundred years. It has been very popular in the past and the medicine production process is still being relayed in a traditional way by the old equipments with the age of hundred over years. At present, it's open to visitors who are interested in visiting as a museum for tourism and selling traditional Thai medicine as well.The building received the ASA Architectural Conservation Award in 2014.