250px, Atmosphere within the market. Talat Nang Loeng or Talad Nang Loeng ( th, ตลาดนางเลิ้ง, ; lit: ''Nang Loeng market''; also known as "Nang Loeng") is a market and historic neighbourhood in

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

. Located in

Wat Sommanat Wat Sommanat Ratchaworawihan ( th, วัดโสมนัสราชวรวิหาร) or known in short Wat Sommanat Wihan and Wat Sommanat is a second classed royal Thai Buddhist monastery was built in 1853 by the order of King Mongkut ...

sub-district,

Pom Prap Sattru Phai Pom Prap Sattru Phai ( th, ป้อมปราบศัตรูพ่าย, , or popularly just called Pom Prap, ) is one of the 50 districts (khet) of Bangkok, Thailand. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Dusit, Pathum Wan, ...

district. Talat Nang Loeng was built in the reign of King

Rama V Chulalongkorn ( th, จุฬาลงกรณ์, 20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910) was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, titled Rama V. He was known to the Siamese of his time as ''Phra Phuttha Chao Luang'' (พร� ...

. His Majesty the King officially opened on March 29, 1900 as the first land market of Thailand. The name ''Nang Loeng'' comes from ''I Loeng'' (อีเลิ้ง, ), its one type of jar of the

Mon people The Mon ( mnw, ဂကူမည်; my, မွန်လူမျိုး‌, ; th, มอญ, ) are an ethnic group who inhabit Lower Myanmar's Mon State, Kayin State, Kayah State, Tanintharyi Region, Bago Region, the Irrawaddy Delta, and s ...

, this has been boat trading in the past around this area (

Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem ( th, คลองผดุงกรุงเกษม, ) is a canal (''khlong'') in Bangkok. It was dug in 1851 in order to serve as a new outer moat for the expanding city, extending its boundaries from the Rattanakosin ...

). Until the era of Field Marshal

Plaek Phibunsongkhram Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram ( th, แปลก พิบูลสงคราม ; alternatively transcribed as ''Pibulsongkram'' or ''Pibulsonggram''; 14 July 1897 – 11 June 1964), locally known as Marshal P. ( th, จอมพล � ...

was Prime Minister, so it was changed to ''Nang Loeng'' to this day. Today, around the Talat Nang Loeng is full of old

shophouses A shophouse is a building type serving both as a residence and a commercial business. It is defined in dictionary as a building type found in Southeast Asia that is "a shop opening on to the pavement and also used as the owner's residence", a ...

built with beautiful

colonial architecture Colonial architecture is an architectural style from a mother country that has been incorporated into the buildings of settlements or colonies in distant locations. Colonists frequently built settlements that synthesized the architecture of their ...

. And in the market is also a traditional community, which have lived since the market launch. Notable for its

food Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is inge ...

especially Thai desserts. And there's also old cinema (Sala Chaloem Thani; ''ศาลาเฉลิมธานี''), the current closed down in 1993, which has now become a

warehouse A warehouse is a building for storing goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial parks on the outskirts of cities ...

Nearby places

Government House Government House is the name of many of the official residences of governors-general, governors and lieutenant-governors in the Commonwealth and the remaining colonies of the British Empire. The name is also used in some other countries. Gover ...

Royal Dusit Golf Club The Royal Turf Club of Thailand under Royal Patronage ( th, ราชตฤณมัยสมาคมแห่งประเทศไทย ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์) is a sports club in Thailand, formerly located at ...

Thewakam Rangrak Bridge Thewakam Rangrak Bridge ( th, สะพานเทวกรรมรังรักษ์, , ; usually shortened to "Thewakam Bridge") is a historic bridge of Bangkok located in the border of Wat Sommanat sub-district, Pom Prap Sattru Phai distri ...

* Wat Somanat Wihan

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* {{coord, 13, 45, 34.88, N, 100, 30, 43.67, E, display=title Neighbourhoods of Bangkok Pom Prap Sattru Phai district Retail markets in Bangkok 1900 establishments in Siam