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Take a tour of Vimanmek Palace in Bangkok, Thailand — part of the World’s Greatest Attractions series by GeoBeats. Discover a whole new world, a palace made of teakwood and encircled by canals. Built by a king in the early twentieth century, Vimanmek [...]

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According to an old Thai tradition, a city pillar had to be built upon the establishment of a new city. King Rama I had the Bangkok city pillar erected near the Temple of the Emerald Buddha on Sunday, 21 April, 1782, with the citys horoscope inside. The original pillar was made of cassia wood known [...]

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