Jan 12, 2011

Grand Palace ,landmarks of Bangkok



Grand Palace (พระบรม มหาราช วัง) is a complex of buildings in the Thai capital of Bangkok and is the official residence of the kings of Thailand, dating back to 1782 in the reign of King Rama I when he moved to the capital Bangkok has changed a lot over time and expanded and the current king lives in Chitralada Palace. Palace date When he decided to King Rama I to move to the capital, Bangkok decided to build a new palace wonderful place to live, as well as the center of government income in the design of the palace of gold where it was built towers of gold, and construction began on 6 May 1782 was construction of the palace is composed of several wooden buildings surrounding aspects of the four with defensive wall of the palace with a length of 1900 meters, which provides space 218.400 square meters. Buddhist Temple was built to be the personality cult of the king and continued to live there until the Kings Rama V who decided to live in his own palace, but so far this is the use of minors in the Royal Protocol and many of the rituals property

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