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European Heritage Map แผนท ี่มรด กวัฒ นธรร มยุโรป 15 - ANANTA SAMAKHOM THRONE HALL Tudor style. The facade features typical Art Europe. The building was constructed in 1914 ported from France and 48 - SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL 56 - WICHAI PRASIT FORT EUROPE & THAILAND Open to the public, 10am–5pm 02-283 9411 Nouveau details. The mansion can only be seen by British Edward Healey and was first used as Italy, using red bricks. Open to the public, www.saintlouis.or.th Visible from the Chao Praya River but not open to from a distance. an administrative centre for the 1916 created The current cathedral 02-675 5000 the public rom the middle of the 16th century, Europe looked and reached new heights under King Rama IV (1851-1868). Chulalongkorn University. was reconstructed in increasingly to Asia for expansion of its trade, Studying and understanding Western culture, Rama IV บ้านมนังคศิลา 1909. While its exterior seeking new trading partners and goods like precious signed a treaty with England in 1855, granting extraterrito- Located next to Dusit เอ็ดเวิร์ด ฮีลีย์ชาวอังกฤษเป็นผู้สร้างบ้านมนังคศิลาในสมัยรัชกาลที่ 6 อาคารคณะอักษรศาสตร์ จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย F Gardens, Ananta ให้เป็นบ้านกึ่งไม้สักสไตล์ทิวดอร์ดั้งเดิม มีฟาซาดเล่นลวดลายอาร์ทนู อาคารแห่งนี้มีการผสมผสานระหว่างศิลปะไทยและตะวันตกอย่าง style is distinctively Saint Louis Hospital is a Wichai Prasit Fort was metals, spices and other exotic wares. The first Europeans rial privileges to the British. Treaties with most of Europe’s gothic, its interior is Samakhom Throne โว ประชาชนไม่สามารถเข้าชมภายในได้ ชัดเจน ประกอบด้วยหลังคาและหน้าจั่วแบบไทย หน้าต่างแบบยุโรป non-profitable private originally built in the to develop regular relations with Siam were the Portuguese largest nations followed. The diplomatic skill of Thai Hall was commenced ก่อสร้างในปี ค.ศ. 1914 โดยเอ็ดเวิร์ด ฮีลีย์ชาวอังกฤษ เดิมใช้เป็น in pure medieval Roman style and adorned with institution that was time of Ayutthaya 24 - IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH frescoes on its ceiling. Nearby, the Assumption and the Dutch. During the reign of King Rama Thibodi II monarchs, combined with a modernisation of Thailand’s in 1907. The lavish อาคารของคณะผู้บริหารมหาวิทยาลัย established by French Kingdom to prevent (1491-1529) the Portuguese diplomat Duarte Fernandes government, helped Siam to remain the only country in building is a master- Visible but only open to the public during religious Convent School was created in 1904 and man- Archbishop Louis Vey, ships from sailing up became the first European Ambassador to the Siamese Southeast Asia to avoid outright colonisation. In 1863 King piece of Italian Renaissance and neo-classical observances. www.catholic.or.th 02 243 2617 32 - CHINESE CLOCK TOWER LUMPINI PARK aged by the Sisters of St Paul de Chartres, Apostolic Vicar of the Roman Catholic Mission in the Chao Praya River to the former capital of Court in 1511. The VOC (Dutch East Indies Company) Rama IV built the first paved road in Bangkok, Charoen Krung architecture in Bangkok. It was commissioned to Open to the public, 4:30am-9pm a French congregation. Siam, back to 1898. The Sisters of Saint Paul de Siam. A fort of Western design was constructed received permission to establish a trading post in Ayutthaya (meaning ‘New Road’), which became the main settlement architects Mario Tamagno and Annibale Rigotti. อาสนวิหารอัสสัมชัญ Chartres were assigned to manage the hospital. on the eastern side of the river around 1685–87 in 1608 and quickly developed a significant trade. of foreigners in Bangkok. Marble from Carrara was used, the dome and Expelled from Ayut- บาทหลวงปาสกาลชาวฝรั่งเศสและสถาปนิกชาวฝรั่งเศสเป็นผู้เริ่ม A bronze statue of King Louis IX (Saint Louis) under the supervision of French engineer De walls were adorned with paintings of Galileo thaya in the late 17th The Chinese tower of Lumpini ก่อสร้างอาสนวิหารที่ยิ่งใหญ่ที่สุดในกรุงเทพฯนี้ในปี ค.ศ. 1809 stands at the entrance. la Mare. He came with the French embassy of Throughout the 17th century Ayutthaya was in regular Rama V, also known as King Chulalongkorn (1868- century, a Portuguese Chevalier de Chaumont and Chevalier de Forbin, Chini and Carlo Rigoli while sculptures were the Park with Art Deco details จนแล้วเสร็จในปี ค.ศ. 1821 โดยใช้วัสดุที่นำาเข้าจากฝรั่งเศสและอิตาลี โรงพยาบาลเซนต์หลุยส์ contact with the West, as trade with Europe flourished. 1910), was a great admirer of Europe. He visited the work of Italian sculptor Vittorio Novi and his community was grant- was surprisingly designed ภายนอกเป็นสไตล์โกธิคแต่ภายในเป็นโรมันยุคกลางอย่างแท้จริง who headed the garrison at WIchai Prasit Fort. King Narai (1656-1688), acting on the advice of his Greek continent twice, in 1897 and 1907, and it was Rama V who ed by King Narai the มิสซังคาทอลิกก่อตั้งโรงพยาบาลเซนต์หลุยส์ให้เป็นองค์กรเอกชนที่ The garrison consisted of 1,000 men of Siamese, nephew Rodolfo Nolli. The building was finally by the Italian architect เพดานมีงานปูนปลาสเตอร์เปียกประดับ ไม่หวังผลกำาไรในปี ค.ศ. 1898 ภายใต้การดำาเนินงานของคณะภคินี advisor Constantine Phaulkon, developed strong relations transformed Bangkok into a modern metropolis. He con- completed in 1915, five years after King Rama V right to settle near to the Chao Praya River. In Mario Tamagno in 1924-25 in Portuguese and French origin. The fort is now with France. In 1680, France was granted an exclusive con- structed roads, canals, railways, schools and universities, 1673, they built the first Immaculate Conception 40 - STATUE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II เซนต์ปอลเดอชาร์ตร์ หน้าทางเข้ามีรูปปั้นทองเหลืองของกษัตริย์หลุยส์ part of the Royal Thai Navy Headquarters. passed away. It served as the Parliament Building preparation for a fairground ที่ 9 หรือนักบุญหลุยส์ cession for the spice trade in Siam, and five years later King and around the Grand Palace the King created a new city before becoming an Exhibition Hall dedicated to Church, which became Bangkok’s oldest Catholic planned by King Rama VI. ป้อมวิไชยประสิทธิ์ Louis XIV sent the first French Ambassador to Ayutthaya. inspired by European urban design with wide shaded the arts of the IX Reign. church. In the 19th century, the Portuguese หอนาฬิกา สวนลุมพินี 49 - RESIDENCE OF THE AMBASSADOR ป้อมวิไชยประสิทธิ์สร้างในสมัยอยุธยาเพื่อคุมแม่น้ำาเจ้าพระยาไม่ให้ boulevards lined with government buildings, offices and clergy was replaced by French Priests of the Mis- Poland’s most famous OF BELGIUM เรือขึ้นไปถึงอยุธยาซึ่งเป็นเมืองหลวงในขณะนั้นได้ ตัวอาคารป้อมที่ After the move of Siam’s capital from Ayutthaya to พระที่นั่งอนันตสมาคม sions Etrangères. The church was reconstructed หอนาฬิกาจีนที่สวนลุมพินีมีรายละเอียดอาร์ทเดโคก็จริงแต่เป็นการ native Karol Woytiła Thonburi in 1768 and then to Bangkok in 1782, relations villas. Europeans took an active part in the modernisation พระที่นั่งอนันตสมาคมเป็นสถาปัตยกรรมอิตาเลียนเรอเนซองและ ออกแบบของมาริโอ ทามาโญ สถาปนิกชาวอิตาเลียนในช่วงปี ค.ศ. Not visible and not open to the public. 02-108 1800 เป็นสไตล์ตะวันตกทางด้านตะวันออกของแม่น้ำาสร้างราวปี ค.ศ. 1685- of Siam at this time: Danes and Belgians helped develop in simple gothic style in 1834 by French priest became Pope John 1687 ภายใต้การควบคุมของวิศวกรชาวฝรั่งเศสชื่อเดอ ลามาร์ มีทหาร with the West started regaining importance with the นีโอคลาสสิกชิ้นสำาคัญของกรุงเทพฯ สถาปนิกมาริโอ ทามาโญและ Msgr. Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix and was further 1924-1925 เพื่อใช้เป็นส่วนหนึ่งของงานแฟร์ในสมัยรัชกาลที่ 6 Paul II in 1978. His accession to the throne of King Rama II (1809-1824). In an electric tramway network, the British and Germans ap- อันนิบาล ริกอตติสร้างพระที่นั่งแห่งนี้โดยใช้หินอ่อนจากคาร์รารา ชาวสยาม โปรตุเกสและฝรั่งเศสประจำา 1,000 คน plied their expertise to a rail system, the Dutch designed renovated around 1847. 33 - ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE statue stands in front 1820 Portugal became the first European nation with a โดมและกำาแพงมีภาพวาดของกาลิเลโอ ชินีและคาร์โล ริโกลี ส่วนงาน of Assumption Cathedral remembering the Originally built by Open to the public, 8am-7pm, www.afthailande.org diplomatic residence in the new capital Bangkok, located canals and sluices, while numerous French religious ประติมากรรมต่างๆเป็นผลงานของวิตตอริโอ โนวีและรูดอล์ฟโฟ โนลลี วัดคอนเซ็ปชัญ Pope’s visit to Thailand on 10 and 11 May 1984. Italian architect Mario 57 - SANTA CRUZ CHURCH missions worked in education. Architects from all across การก่อสร้างพระที่นั่งเสร็จสิ้นในปี ค.ศ. 1915 หลังจากที่รัชกาลที่ 5 หลังจากที่ชุมชนชาวโปรตุเกสถูกขับไล่ออกจากอยุธยาในช่วงปลาย 02-670 4210 Tamagno for a Thai Visible but only open to the public during religious on land gifted by King Rama II. ศตวรรษที่ 17 จึงได้มาตั้งรกรากกันใหม่ริมแม่น้ำาเจ้าพระยาและสร้าง More than 40,000 people attended mass in the Europe – Germans and Britons but, above all, Italians – lent ทรงเสด็จสวรรคตได้ 5 ปี National Stadium. family around 1917 in observances 02-466 0347 The policy to open up the Kingdom to foreign missions วันคอนเซ็ปชัญขึ้นเป็นวัดคาทอลิกแห่งแรกในกรุงเทพฯ หลังจากนั้น late Art Nouveau style, a European style to many buildings constructed in Bangkok 16 - EQUESTRIAN STATUE KING RAMA V continued under the reign of King Rama III (1824-1851) around this time. ในกรุงเทพมหานครและอยุธยา ในปี ค.ศ. 1834 จึงได้รับการปรับปรุงตามสไตล์โกธิคเมื่อคณะสงฆ์ชาว Established in September 1912, the Alliance รูปปั้นพระสันตะปาปาจอห์น พอลที่ 2 it became the Embassy of Belgium in 1927 because ฝรั่งเศสเข้ามาดูแลแทน Française is the oldest European cultural institu- รูปปั้นของพระสันตะปาปาจอห์น พอลที่ 2 ที่อยู่หน้าอาสนวิหาร it was already equipped with all the latest Portuguese coming อัสสัมชัญเป็นเครื่องหมายเพื่อระลึกถึงการมาเยือนประเทศไทยของ แผนที่มรดกวัฒนธรรมยุโรป
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