Wat Buranasirimattayaram, Bangkok

Sanam Luang

When Rattanakosin was established as Siam's capital, King Rama I designed this vast open field between the northern wall of the Grand Palace and the eastern wall of the former Wang Na Palace

Mae Toranee Statue

Mae Toranee is the earth goddess, a deity in Thai Buddhism that is shown wringing water from her ponytail

Santichaiprakarn Park

This small, green park has a great view of the Chao Phraya River and the modern Rama VIII suspension bridge that crosses it

Silpa Bhirasri National Museum

The Silpa Bhirasri National Museum is a modern art museum dedicated to the Italian professor Corrado Feroci, the father of modern Thai art who earned the epithet 'Silpa Bhirasri'

National Museum (Bangkok)

The National Museum took over the Front Palace grounds, a former royal palace built in the 18th-century just like the Grand Palace

Museum of Buddhist Art

The Museum of Buddhist Art features a large private collection of Buddha images and is operated by the Foundation of Thai Arts Preservation

Royal Elephant National Museum

At the site that used to house the royal stables of the King's white elephants, since 1988 it is a museum about these extremely rare creatures

National Gallery of Thailand

City Pillar Shrine

According to an old Thai tradition, a city pillar has to be built upon the establishment of a new city, to provide a home for guardian spirits

Wat Chana Songkhram

In the 18^th century, following a war with the Burmese, the Thai government gave land in this area to people from the Mon minority who had fought beside the Thai