Saranrome Palace

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The Saranrom Palace during the 2009 renovation

The Saranrom Palace ( Thai : วังสราญ รมย์ - RTGS : wang saranrom ) is a royal palace in Bangkok , Thailand .

location

The Saranrom Palace is located in the Bangkok ( Khet ) Phra Nakhon district on Thanon Sanam Chai (Sanam Chai Street) east of the Grand Palace . Directly to the south is the “Suan Sararom” (Saranrom Garden) , today a public park, with Wat Ratchapradit in its northeast corner .

history

In 1866, King Mongkut (Rama IV.) Issued the order to build a new palace on the site of the gunpowder magazine east of the Grand Palace. He planned to use this palace as his retirement home in order to be always close to the new king as an advisor. He could no longer implement this plan because he died in 1868. His successor, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) had the construction work completed first, then he handed the palace over to his younger brother, Prince Chakrabandhu ( สมเด็จ พระเจ้า บรม วงศ์ เธอ เจ้าฟ้า จาตุรนต์รัศมี กรม พระ จักรพรรดิ พง ษ์ ), later to his youngest brother, Prince Bhanubandhu ( สมเด็จ พระเจ้า น้อง ยา เธอ เจ้าฟ้า ภาณุรังษี สว่าง วงศ์ กรม พระ ภาณุ พันธุ วงศ์ วร เดช ).

In December 1886, Prince Devawongse ( สมเด็จ พระเจ้า บรม วงศ์ เธอ พระองค์เจ้า เทวัญ อุ ไทย วงศ์ กรม พระยา เทวะ วงศ์ ว โร ป การ ) asked for permission to use the palace for the Foreign Ministry. For example, Prince George of Greece resided here in March 1890 and the Russian Tsar in 1893 during their state visits to Thailand.

When Crown Prince Vajiravudh returned from his studies abroad in 1902, he first lived in the Saranrom Palace. However, when he was called Rama VI. ascended the throne, the palace was neglected. Only years later was it used again to accommodate state guests, such as General Joffre , who visited Siam in December 1921.

Under King Prajadhipok (Rama VII) the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was resettled in the Saranrom Palace. Later, behind the palace, i.e. to the east of it, numerous new, three- to four-story buildings were erected to meet the increased space requirements of the ministry. After an inventory of the building fabric in 2004, the historic palace building will undergo a thorough restoration in 2009.

architecture

The Saranrom Palace was originally a rectangular building in neoclassical style with a central courtyard surrounded by a veranda and numerous rooms with balconies. State guests lived in the rooms on the first floor, while the ground floor was reserved for staff. The building faced south at first, at right angles to the Grand Palace. The main entrance was to the Saranrom garden, two large staircases led to a throne room.

The Italian architect Carlo Allegri was commissioned to redesign the palace in 1897. Three veradas were built on the western side of the palace, facing the Grand Palace. The middle veranda was built in an open, Palladian style, the other two have a balcony with stuccoed balustrades . Above it were large tympana supported by Corinthian columns . The ground floor was with rustication decorated in stucco, the windows here were curved, while the upper floors had rectangular windows of pilasters flanked.

In front of the palace was the palace garden, which was also named Saranrom. The design of the garden was left to Henry Alabaster, an Englishman who came to Thailand in 1870. The small temple Wat Ratchapradit in the northeast of the garden served as a palace temple . The garden was redesigned in 1893 by King Chulalongkorn based on the model of European gardens. Today the Saranrom Garden ( พระ ราช อุทยาน สราญ รมย์ - Phra Ratcha Uthayan Saranrom ) is a public park.

Impressions from the Saranrom garden

  • Saranrom palace garden

  • Octagonal pavilion

  • The "Brass Pavilion"

literature

  • Naengnoi Suksri: Palaces of Bangkok: Royal Residences of the Chakri Dynasty . Thames & Hudson Ltd., London 1996, ISBN 978-0500974469

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Saranrom Palace: Threats & Future - Master's thesis by Sutsan Suttipisan in 11 PDF files (in English)

Web links

Coordinates: 13 ° 45 ′ 1.1 ″  N , 100 ° 29 ′ 40.8 ″  E