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Wat Phra Kaew

Part of: Thailand › Central Thailand › Bangkok
See on the map: 13.7515, 100.4927

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Cities, Territories & Cultural Landscapes

Rattanakosin Island, the historic heart of Bangkok: a capital shaped by water, contested by its memory

On 21 April 1782, on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya, a wooden pillar is planted in the ground. This act founds the capital of the new Chakri…

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Arts, Aesthetics & Creation

From the Ramayana to the Ramakien: how the Indian epic became Siamese

On the walls of Wat Phra Kaew, as on the stages of the *khon*, Phra Ram has been doing battle with Thotsakan for more than two centuries. Their story…

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Rattanakosin Island, the historic heart of Bangkok: a capital shaped by water, contested by its memory

From the Ramayana to the Ramakien: how the Indian epic became Siamese