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Ban Phan Thom
Ban Phan Thom ( th, บ้านพานถม, ) is a community and a ''khwaeng'' (sub-district) of Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok. History Ban Phan Thom is a traditional community since the early Rattanakosin period alike Ban Bu and Ban Chang Lo in Thonburi's Bangkok Noi District, Ban Bat and Ban Dok Mai of Pom Prap Sattru Phai District, as well as Ban Chang Thong on Ti Thong Road etc. They are all communities of craft artisans since ancient times. For Ban Phan Thom was a community having been set up since the early Rattanakosin period by people from Nakhon Si Thammarat in southern region. The community, built up from their household member's cooperation, was called "Ban Phan Thom" because of its specialization in making ''Khrueang Thom'' ( nielloware), either for household utensils for decorations. During King Narai the Great's regin of Ayutthaya Kingdom, niellowares were presented to King Louis XIV of France as the royal gift, showing that nielloware exclusively belonged to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khwaeng
A ''khwaeng'' (, ) is an administrative subdivision used in the fifty districts of Bangkok and a few other city municipalities in Thailand. Currently, there are 180 ''khwaeng'' in Bangkok. A ''khwaeng'' is roughly equivalent to a ''tambon'' in other provinces of Thailand, smaller than an ''amphoe'' (district). With the creation of the special administrative area of Bangkok in 1972 the ''tambon'' within the area of the new administrative entity was converted into ''khwaeng''.Item 17 of The common English translation for ''khwaeng'' is subdistrict. Historically, in some regions of the country ''khwaeng'' referred to subdivisions of a province (then known as ''mueang'', predating the modern term ''changwat''), while in others they were called ''amphoe''. Administrative reforms at the beginning of the 20th century standardized them to the term ''amphoe''. ''Khwaeng'' of Bangkok ''Khwaeng'' in City Municipalities See also *Subdivisions of Thailand References {{reflist Sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ti Thong Road
250px, Ti Thong road. Ti Thong Road ( th, ถนนตีทอง, , ) is one of the roads in inner Bangkok or Rattanakosin Island. It's located in Phra Nakhon district, the short road is only linking Bamrung Mueang road beside to Wat Suthat and the corner of Giant Swing plaza to Charoen Krung road in front of Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre area, including connects to Fueang Nakhon road by Ratchabophit road at the side of Wat Ratchabophit. It's a road that was built since the reign of King Mongkut (Rama IV). The name of the road means "goldsmith road". It's the place where the Lao community migrated from Vientiane and Luang Prabang since early Rattanakosin period. These people have a career in gold leaf production. At present, this career no longer exists. But still appear evidence is an alley on the west side named "Trok Fueang Thong" (ตรอกเฟื่องทอง; lit: ''prosperous gold lane''). Presently, Ti Thong road is well-known as home of uniforms and tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KING TAKSIN SHRINE VIEW FROM BOWONNIWET PIER - Panoramio
King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king. *In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the title may refer to tribal kingship. Germanic kingship is cognate with Indo-European traditions of tribal rulership (c.f. Indic ''rājan'', Gothic ''reiks'', and Old Irish ''rí'', etc.). *In the context of classical antiquity, king may translate in Latin as '' rex'' and in Greek as ''archon'' or ''basileus''. *In classical European feudalism, the title of ''king'' as the ruler of a ''kingdom'' is understood to be the highest rank in the feudal order, potentially subject, at least nominally, only to an emperor (harking back to the client kings of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire). *In a modern context, the title may refer to the ruler of one of a number of modern monarchies (either absolute or constitutional). The title of ''king'' is used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talat Yot
Talat Yot ( th, ตลาดยอด, ) is a ''khwaeng'' (subdistrict) of Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, considered to be majority area of Bang Lamphu neighbourhood. History Its name after Talat Yot, a large marketplace that used to be located in this area. It was also known as Bang Lumphu. At the beginning it was just a small market, later during the reign of King Nangklao (Rama III) it grew into a bigger market, and there was a major improvement in the year 1902. Talat Yot was a large market in the inner Bangkok (Rattanakosin Island) in those days. There was a wide variety of goods trading, such as both fresh and dried foods, flowers, incenses and candles, List of Thai desserts and snacks, various Thai desserts, gold and jewelry stores, leather stores, fabric shops. They starting from small stores and successively develop, until the reign of King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) therefore became an important trading centre to date. Moreover, there was another important market near Talat Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASTV Manager
''Manager Daily 360 Degree '' ( th, ผู้จัดการรายวัน 360 องศา; ) is a Thai-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok and distributed nationwide. The paper is a broadsheet, and emphasizes political and business news. Founded by media-mogul Sondhi Limthongkul, it was an outgrowth of Manager Monthly magazine and Manager Weekly newspaper. The newspaper is popular Thai news source on demonstration against the former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra; its owner is one of the leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy, or PAD. The newspaper declares its views and objectives are to support Constitutional Monarchy, to resist authoritarianism in politics and in the economy, and to promote restrictions on the power of government and of politicians. In fact, the newspaper itself is promoting anti-democracy, far-right, anti-American, pro-Beijing, and pro-Kremlin views. History Manager Daily 360 Degree was founded as Manager Daily by Sondhi Limt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wat Bowonniwet
Wat Pavaranivesh Vihara Ratchawarawihan ( th, วัดบวรนิเวศวิหารราชวรวิหาร; , ) is a major Buddhist temple (''wat'') in Phra Nakhon district, Bangkok, Thailand. Being the residence of Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana; the late Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, it is the final resting place of two former kings of Chakri Dynasty; King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) and King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). The temple was established in 1824 by Mahasakti Pol Sep, viceroy during the reign of King Rama III (r. 1824–51). The temple is a center of the Thammayut Nikaya order of Thai Theravada Buddhism, it is the shrine-hall of ''Phra Phuttha Chinnasi'' (พระพุทธชินสีห์), a statue of the Buddha which dates to around 1357. Bowonniwet has been a major temple of patronage for the ruling Chakri dynasty.Liedtke 2011, p. 57 It is where many royal princes and kings studied and served their monkhood, including King BhumibolMacdonald 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Lamphu
Bang Lamphu or spelled Banglampoo and Banglamphu ( th, บางลำพู, ; in the past, it was often misspelled บางลำภู) is a neighbourhood in Bangkok located in Phra Nakhon District. The history of the Bang Lamphu community dates to the establishment of the Rattanakosin Kingdom, or earlier. Bang Lamphu covers an area north of Phra Nakhon in Rattanakosin Island from Phra Athit Road to Samsen Road, which leads toward Dusit District. History The name "Bang Lamphu" can mean ''area of mangrove apple'' (''lamphu'' is Thai for mangrove apple). Mangrove apples (''Sonneratia caseolaris'') once flourished along waterways in the area, including the Khlong Bang Lamphu and Chao Phraya River. There are no more mangrove apple trees in the local Santi Chai Prakan Park, since the last one died in 2012 from 2011 Thailand floods, but the name Bang Lamphu is still commonly used to describe the area. Bang Lamphu became a community prior to the Rattanakosin period. It is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saphan Wan Chat Intersection
Chaloem Wat Chat Bridge ( th, สะพานเฉลิมวันชาติ, , ; ; sometimes shortened to ''Saphan Wan Chat'') is a bridge and four-way intersection in the area of Bang Lamphu, Bowon Niwet and Ban Phan Thom sub-districts, Phra Nakhon district, Bangkok. It's not far from Khao San and Rambuttri roads. Chaloem Wan Chat Bridge is a bridge across Khlong Rop Krung (''around the city canal'') or popularly known as Khlong Bang Lamphu on Prachathipatai road, considered as the beginning point of Prachathipatai road and the tip of Dinso road. The bridge was built in 1940 in the era of government of Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram to celebrate the national day of Thailand. At that time, falls on December 10, which is a memorial day at the King Prajadhipok (Rama VII) gave a first permanent constitution. Nowadays, Thailand's national day is December 5, the birthday of King Bhumibol (Rama IX) and December 10 became the Constitution Day. Around the bridge is well kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis XIV Of France
, house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France , burial_date = 9 September 1715 , burial_place = Basilica of Saint-Denis , religion = Catholicism (Gallican Rite) , signature = Louis XIV Signature.svg Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign in history whose date is verifiable. Although Louis XIV's France was emblematic of the age of absolutism in Europe, the King surrounded himself with a variety of significant political, military, and cultural figures, such as Bossuet, Colbert, Le Brun, Le Nôtre, Lully, Mazarin, Molière, Racine, Turenne, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayutthaya Kingdom
The Ayutthaya Kingdom (; th, อยุธยา, , IAST: or , ) was a Siamese kingdom that existed in Southeast Asia from 1351 to 1767, centered around the city of Ayutthaya, in Siam, or present-day Thailand. The Ayutthaya Kingdom is considered to be the precursor of modern Thailand and its developments are an important part of the History of Thailand. The Ayutthaya Kingdom emerged from the mandala of city-states on the Lower Chao Phraya Valley in the late fourteenth century during the decline of the Khmer Empire. After a century of territorial expansions, Ayutthaya became centralized and rose as a major power in Southeast Asia. Ayutthaya faced invasions from the Toungoo dynasty of Burma, starting a centuries' old rivalry between the two regional powers, resulting in the First Fall of Ayutthaya in 1569. However, Naresuan ( 1590–1605) freed Ayutthaya from brief Burmese rule and expanded Ayutthaya militarily. By 1600, the kingdom's vassals included some city-states in the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Narai
King Narai the Great ( th, สมเด็จพระนารายณ์มหาราช, , ) or Ramathibodi III ( th, รามาธิบดีที่ ๓ ) was the 27th monarch of Ayutthaya Kingdom, the 4th and last monarch of the Prasat Thong dynasty. He was the king of Ayutthaya Kingdom from 1656 to 1688 and arguably the most famous king of the Prasat Thong dynasty. His reign was the most prosperous during the Ayutthaya period and saw the great commercial and diplomatic activities with foreign nations including the Middle East and the West. During the later years of his reign, Narai gave his favorite – the Greek adventurer Constantine Phaulkon – so much power that Phaulkon technically became the chancellor of the state. Through the arrangements of Phaulkon, the Siamese kingdom came into close diplomatic relations with the court of Louis XIV and French soldiers and missionaries filled the Siamese aristocracy and defense. The dominance of French officials led to f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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