Typology
Palace & royal residence
Bangkok
Architecture and built heritage
Palace & royal residence
Bangkok (Dusit)
Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall
Commissioned by Chulalongkorn, built by Italians and completed under his son, the throne hall of Dusit Palace witnessed the birth of Siam’s constitutional regime before housing Parliament, and later a museum.
Architecture and built heritage
Palace & royal residence
Bangkok (Phra Nakhon)
The Grand Palace of Bangkok
The Grand Palace of Bangkok, founded in 1782 on the banks of the Chao Phraya, was the seat of Siamese power for a century and a half; it remains the setting for the great rites of the monarchy.
Architecture and built heritage
Palace & royal residence
Bangkok (Phra Nakhon)
Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall
Commissioned by King Chulalongkorn for the centenary of Bangkok, the throne hall that pairs a European façade with three Siamese spires remains, at the heart of the Grand Palace, a place of royal relics and state receptions.
Architecture and built heritage
Palace & royal residence
Bangkok (Phra Nakhon)
Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall
Built in the late eighteenth century on the site of Bangkok’s first throne hall, the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall has passed from a place of audience to the place where the kings and queens of the Chakri dynasty lie before their cremation.