Bangkok’s Firsts: A journey to the city’s oldest sites

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Bangkok’s Firsts: A journey to the city’s oldest sites

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Bangkok is known as the City of Angels. But how did this City of Angels come to be?

Though it’s easy to get distracted in the day-to-day bustle of Thailand’s modern capital, there’s an undeniable thread of history to follow through the metropolis, small pockets of history easily missed.

Over the course of a month, we’ve visited a selection of landmarks that sit ubiquitously in the city today. Delve into the early days of Bangkok with a brief journey to each of these historic sites as listed below..... (Continued at link with many photos)

https://www.thaienquirer.com/25821/bang ... dest-sites


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