Yaowarat Road
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Yaowarat Road in Samphanthawong District is the main artery of Bangkok's Chinatown. Modern Chinatown now covers a large area around Yaowarat and Charoen Krung Road. It has been the main centre for tra
Yaowarat Road in the Old Market area in 2021
Yaowarat Road in May 2020
Yaowarat Road at night
Wat Phra Kaew
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Wat Phra Kaew, commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand. The complex c
Yaowarat Road
…been the main centre for trading by the Chinese community since they moved from their old site some 200 years ago to make way for the construction of Wat Phra Kaew, the Grand Palace. Nearby is the Phahurat or Little India. The area is bordered by the Chao Phraya River from the west to the south. Yaowarat Road is…
View from the Outer Court of the Grand Palace
King Rama I founded the Chakri dynasty in 1782; he began construction of the Wat Phra Kaew a year later.
Wat Phra Kaew complex viewed from outside the walls of the Grand Palace
The Ubosot of Wat Phra Kaew is surrounded by a low wall, eight bai sema shrines and twelve pavilions.