Historic site · Ban Len, Bang Pa-in District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province
Bang Pa-In Royal Palace
พระราชวังบางปะอิน
Bang Pa-In Royal Palace is a royal palace complex of halls and pavilions in Thai, Chinese and European styles beside the Chao Phraya River in Ban Len, Bang Pa-in District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province.
Why go
Bang Pa-In Royal Palace is a palace complex beside the Chao Phraya River in Bang Pa-in District, outside Ayutthaya city. TAT's 2018 feature on Thai palaces says it was first built around 1630 by King Prasat Thong, fell into decay after the war of 1767, began to be restored under King Rama IV, and was redesigned between 1872 and 1889 under King Rama V, with buildings inspired by British, French and Italian architecture among its gardens. The province's tourism page names among its buildings the Aisawan Thipphaya-at pavilion in a pond, the Warophat Phiman throne hall, the Chinese-style Wehat Chamrun throne hall and the Withun Thasana lookout tower. Wikidata names the Bureau of the Royal Household as its operator, and a TAT press release of October 2021 attributed the reopening of royal palaces, Bang Pa-In among them, to an announcement by the Bureau. Visiting and dress rules are not stated here. This record is the whole complex, not any single hall in it.
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