Bangkok’s Grand Palace is undoubtedly the city’s most famous landmark. Built in 1782 – and for 150 years the home of the Thai King, the Royal court and the administrative seat of government…
Thai Kings stopped living in the palace around the turn of the twentieth century, but the palace complex is still used to mark all kinds of other ceremonial and auspicious happenings.
Rather than being a single structure, the Grand Palace is made up of numerous buildings, halls, pavilions set around open lawns, gardens and courtyards.
Walking around the courts and temples, I couldn’t stop my whoas and wows. The designs and details of every structure are so stunning, it made me wish my generation would stop lounging in the World Wide Web and start crafting and constructing temples instead.
The Grand Palace is currently partially open to the public as a museum, however it remains a working palace as several royal offices are still situated inside. The palace is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Thailand.
Quoted texts from http://www.bangkok.com & http://www.wikipedia.org
