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ArchitectureAlangkorn Chedi
This Chedi is made of laterite and has a circumambulatory with a wall in a square plan. There are stairs on all 4 sides supporting a bell-shaped element in a round plan. There is a lotus base, a series of three convex moldings, a lotus base with pointed mouldings, the bell-shaped element, hamika, pillars, spire and finial.
ArchitectureDemocracy Monument
1. The wings are 24 m. high, and this is also the radius of the base of the monument, marking the fact that the 1932 coup took place on the 24th of June. 2. The centre piece of the monument is a carved representation of a palm-leaf manuscript box holding the Thai Constitution of 1932 on top of two golden offering bowls above a round turret. The 3 m. height refers to month 3 in Thai culture ( June) when the first Coup d’Etat occurred in Thailand. 3 The central turret is 3 m. high, representing the month of June, which is the third lunar month. There were originally 75 small cannons around the outer ring of the monument, representing the year of the coup, 2475 B.E. 4. The bas-reliefs at the base of the monument are propagandistic in their design. They depict the armed forces both as champions of democracy and as the personification of the Thai people. 5. Six swords that are surrounding the monument refer to the Six Rules of People’s Party6. Fountains in the form of naga face outwards at the base of the 4 wings. The naga or serpent refers to the serpent year in which regime change occurred.
ArchitectureRoyal Tombs of Wat Rajabophit Sathitmahasimaram
1.Sunantanusaowari is an open building with a roof topped with a bell-shaped Chedi finial, decorated with golden mosaics. It is the tomb of Sunantan Kumarirattana, Queen Consort of King Rama V and Princess Karnaponpetcharatna Sopangkatassaneeyaluk.2.Rangsiwattana is a four-porched building with connecting annexes to the north and south porches. The central building are topped with a bell-shaped Chedi roof finial which is decorated with golden mosaics; while the north and south porches have bell shaped Chedi roof finials painted white. It is the tomb of Srisawarintra, Queen Consort of King Rama V and her royal house.3.Saowapapraditsathan is similar to Rangsiwattana, that is, it is a four-porched building with connecting annexes to the north and south porches. The central building has a bell-shaped Chedi roof decorated with golden mosaics; while the north and south porches have bell shaped Chedi roof finials painted white. It is the tomb of Sripatcharintra, Queen Consort of King Rama V and her royal house. 4. Sukhumalnaruemit is a building which has roof finial as a bell-shaped Chedi decorated with golden mosaics. It is the tomb of Sukhumalmarasi, Queen Consort of King Rama V, Prince Poripatra Sukhumpan, Samlee Boonnak, a concubine of King Rama V and Boriphat Royal house
ArchitectureUbosot Wat Ratbophit Sathitmahasimaram
The interior of Ubosot represents the combination of Thai traditional art and western art. Walls and ceilings are decorated with golden floral-foliage motifs, as well as between each window which represents the Unalom sign and the alphabet จ. which is the first letter of the name of King Rama V.The interior central door pediment represents the Emblem of Thailand in the reign of King Rama V which comprises the Royal Regalia, the Emblem of the Royal House of Chakri, Erawan elephant, a white elephant, a Kris, Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao, seven-tiered umbrella flanked by a lion and a Gajasimha. The upper wall was painted in narrative scenes designed by Prince Prawit Chumsai, a significant artist and craftsman in the reign of King Rama V. In the middle of Ubosot, there is the main Buddha Image in meditation seated in cross-legged position on an Italian marble pedestal. The image is made of bronze and gold. The gold used was once the King Rama V’s ornament since his childhood. Over the Buddha Image, there is a Royal Nine-tiered white umbrella which was once used in the Royal funeral of King Rama V. Beneath the marble pedestal, relics of King Rama II, King Rama III, King Rama IV, King Rama V and King Rama VII were kept.
ArchitectureWat Ratbophit Sathitmahasimaram
The Ubosot is in Thai traditional style. The masonry building has wooden roof with ceramics tiles. The wall is furnished with five-colored glazed porcelain tiles and deity motifs. The roof structure was built from wood and roofing with ceramics tile and decorated with Thai traditional ornament. The main pediment illustrates a seven headed elephant carrying a pedestal tray with a coronet flanked by tiered-umbrellas held by a lion and a Gajasimha (half elephant and lion). The second pediment depicts Narayana on GarudaGlided and stucco door and window pediments are in a traditional Thai roof form with decoration. The interior door panels are adorned with lacquer and glided lotus bud or Phum Khao Bin motifs; while the exterior of each door panel illustrates five different first class Royal Decorations, namely the Ancient and Auspicious Order of the Nine Gems, the Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri, Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao, Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, and Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand. The interior of the Ubosot was decorated in Neo-Gothic style of the western art, and the Ubosot also enshrines the principal Buddha Image named Phra Phuttha Angkhirot.The bell-shaped Chedi with round ground plan features a bell-shaped Gharbhaya supported by a multi-tiered flower garland moulding with a five-coloured-glazed porcelain decoration similar to that of the Ubosot’s interior wall. The Chedi is in a galleried-enclosure with a colored-glazed porcelain tiled roof. Round pillars supporting the gallery are made of marble and come with lotus capitals. The Vihāra is a traditional Thai building which is similar to the Ubosot but has some different features, that is, the Vihāra is smaller than the Ubosot. Its wooden window and door panels are not pearl-inlaid, but they are carved in Royal Decoration patterns, lacquered, gilded and painted.
ArchitectureMonument of King Rama I
The statue of King Rama I is seated on a throne, and his face turns towards Triphet road. The King dons Thai Royal attire with the Royal Regalia, and a hat. His hands are holding a sword lying on his lap. A marble wall was at the backside with a faux door. Behind the statue, 2 columns bear a pediment adorned with garlands, and an Unalom sign is carved above. The wall behind bears an inscription telling the foundation of the monument. The wall was later elevated. The floral and ornament offering pedestal trays, flanked by 2 fountains, stand in front of the statue. A low concrete fence with rounded columns and some Thai patterns is located in front of the statue. There is also a bas-relief crafted in Privy Seal of the Chakri Dynasty, flanked by 2 elephants.
ArchitectureNarai Song Suban Pavilion Barge H.M. King Rama IX
The figurehead of the royal barge is a statue of 4-armed Narayana who holds divine weapons in each hand, namely a Trishula, mace, Chakra, and conch. Wearing royal attire with a multi-tiered crown on his head, the god mounts over Garuda. The wooden prow is carved, red-lacquered, and adorned with deep blue glass mosaics. The hull is painted red and decorated with flame and vegetal motifs. The Kanya Throne is fixed to the central part of the royal barge. The stern is adorned with flame motifs instead of Garuda’s remiges and rectrices.
ArchitectureSaranrom Palace
Showing architectural characteristics of the Classicism, Saranrom Palace is a complex of 4 buildings constructed to a rectangular plan with a central court. Located in the west, the main building was built to an E-shaped plan; and its façade is elegantly decorated. The west building has one entrance porch at the north and south ends, as well as a central entrance porch. The pediments of the northern and southern porches are triangular-shaped just like those of Greek temples, but they are decorated with coronet emblems. The arched central pediment is adorned with an emblem depicting a tiered crown on a three-headed elephant flanked by a Gajasimha and lion. These pediments are supported by Corinthian columns located on the verandas linked by connecting annexes which are open galleries. The buildings have Palladian windows. The above-mentioned characteristics belong to the archetype of Classic-Paladian architecture in the reign of King Rama V.
