Typology
Fortification & defensive work
Bangkok
Architecture and built heritage
Fortification & defensive work
Bangkok (Phra Nakhon)
Phra Sumen Fort
Built in 1783 in the north of Rama I’s capital, dismantled and later raised again on its original foundations, Phra Sumen Fort is one of only two surviving witnesses to Bangkok’s fortified city wall.
History, kingdoms and the making of Siam
Fortification & defensive work
Bangkok (Phra Nakhon)
Mahakan Fort
Built in 1783 on the walls of the new capital, Mahakan Fort is one of the last two survivors of Bangkok’s city rampart, and the scene of a long conflict over the community that lived at its foot.