Chitralada Palace

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Moat around the Chitralada Palace

The Chitralada Palace ( Thai พระ ตำหนัก จิตรลดา รโหฐาน , RTGS : Phra Tamnak Chit (-tra-) lada Rahothan, pronunciation: [ pʰráʔ tamnàk t͡ɕìtládaː ráhŏːtʰăːn ] or [ t͡ɕìttràládaː ]) is a palace complex in Bangkok . It is also the residence of King Maha Vajiralongkorn in the Thai capital.

location

Location of the Chitralada Palace in the Dusit palace ensemble

The Chitralada Palace is located in Bangkok's Dusit ( Khet ) district on Ratchawithi Street. Surrounded by a moat area adjacent to the Dusit Zoo , the Ramathibodi Hospital of Mahidol University , the Thai Foreign Ministry , the Vajiravudh College and the racecourse Nang Loeng.

Building history

The area where the palace stands today was formerly known as Na Sompoi (Sompoi Field). King Vajiravudh (Rama VI.) Wrote literary works here in a pavilion , which he later called Chitralada Rahothan Palace. Chitralada comes from Sanskrit and describes a certain Thai poem form, but also a species from the madder family and in Indian mythology the garden of the god Indra - ruler of the sky and patron saint of the city of Bangkok. Rahothan is borrowed from the Pali and means something like "private place" or "place of retreat". King Prajadhipok (Rama VII) ordered that the palace should be assigned to the Dusit Palace .

use

The Chitralada Palace was used as a residence by King Maha Vajiralongkorn.

The Dusitalai Pavilion is used by members of the royal family as a space for audiences. Here, however, there are not only representative buildings, but also the test fields for the cultivation of rice that King Bhumibol personally laid out and a dairy farm since 1962 . A rice mill , a fish farm (since 1952) and a candle factory are also operated here.

Endangered plant species from the country are grown and grown in a glass house laboratory.

The Chitralada School, originally intended as a school for the children of the royal family, is also located on the palace grounds. Later the children of the palace servants were also taken in. Today, children from the common people from kindergarten to 12th grade go to school here.

Attractions

As a royal residence, the palace itself is not open to the public. In the so-called support foundation, numerous handicrafts from all over the country are shown. Gold , silver , and black gold lacquer work are examples of this.

Opposite the palace is a Fürstenbahnhof at from the Hua Lamphong Station leading out to the north Nordostbahn the Thai state railway , which is held exclusively for use by the king. Scheduled trains run through here. The station building is on the west side of the route .

literature

  • Naengnoi Suksri: Palaces of Bangkok: Royal Residences of the Chakri Dynasty . Thames & Hudson Ltd., London 1996, ISBN 978-0-500-97446-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ การ อ่าน วิสามานยนาม ทั่วไป ( Memento from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), The Royal Institute.
    การ อ่าน วิสามานยนาม ทั่วไป , Thai-Austrian Technical College Sattahip.
  2. ↑ จิตรลดา , Royal Institute - 1982, quoted from Thai-language.com.
  3. ↑ พจนานุกรม ฉบับ ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน พ.ศ. ๒๕๔๒ (Dictionary of the Royal Institute), 1999.

Coordinates: 13 ° 46 ′ 9.6 ″  N , 100 ° 31 ′ 14.4 ″  E