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PHRA THINANG UTHAYAN PHUMISATHIAN was the favourite residence of King Chulalongkorn when he stayed at the Bang Pa-In Palace, sometimes as often as often as three times a year. Built in 1877 of wood in the style of a two-storyed Swiss chalet, the mansion was painted in two tones of green. In the words of Prince Ookhtomsky, a Russian officer who accompanied the Czarevitch, the future Czar Nicholas II of Russia, on a visit in 18902, it was "furnished luxuriously and with refined taste and comfort"* Unfortunately, while undergoing a minor repairs it was accidentally burnt down in 1938. Nowadays the new building was constructed by the Queen Sirikit"s commanded. The water tank, disguised as a crenellated Neo-Gothic tower, is remained. |
HO WITHUN THASANA.
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HO WITHUN THASANA. The observatory was built by King Chulalongkorn in 1881 as a lookout tower for viewing the surrounding countryside. |
