Grand
Palace
 This
is a "must" for every
visitor to Bangkok, for the Grand
Place Complex, which includes
the Temple of The Emerald Buddha
(Wat Phra Keow) is unquestionably
one of the wonders of the world
today. Within its enormous grounds
is the most exotic Buddhist temple
and at the heart of the temple
itself is a fabulous Buddha image,
carved from one piece jade, which
is the holiest and most revered
of religious objects in Thailand
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Nearby
is the Grand Palace, once the
official home of the Kings of
Siam-built in traditional Thai
architecture mixed with European
designs. You will also visit The
Royal Funeral Hall and The Royal
Coronation Hall. This Palace has
an area of 218,400 sq.
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meters
and is surrounded by walls built
in 1783. The length of the four
walls totals 1900 meters. Within
these walls are situated government
offices and the Chapel Royal of
the Emerald Buddha besides the
royal residences.When Siam restored
law and order after the fall of
Ayudhya the monarch lived in Dhonburi
on the other side of the river.
Rama I, immediately on ascending
the throne, moved the center of
administration to this side of
the Chaopraya; and, after erecting
public monuments such as fortifications
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to serve not only as his residence
but also his offices the various
ministries, only one of which
remains in the palace walls. This
palace came to be known as the
Grand Palace, in which the earliest
edifices contemporary with the
foundation of Bangkok were the
two groups of residences named
the Dusit Mahaprasad and the Mahamontien |
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