"Rattanakosin"

Exactly 240 years ago on April 21, 1782, King Rama I inaugurated his new capital’s city pillar, moving from Thonburi on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River to Bangkok on the western bank.

"The 240th Anniversary Bangkok Festival" on Rattanakosin Island in Phra Nakhon District.

The Culture Ministry will hold special events from April 20 to 24 to mark the founding of Bangkok on April 21, 1782.

A team of city officials as well representatives from the Department of Public Works checked in on two ongoing tunnel projects in Bangkok’s Phra Nakhon district on Monday morning.

With Museum Siam launching the “Storied Structure: Architecture Awe of Old Town of Bangkok” this year, art lovers can certainly add Bangkok’s Rattanakosin Island to their travel itinerary.

SurfSkating in traditional Thai costumes on a historic route

Nearly 6,000 “We Do Good From the Heart” volunteers, city workers and related officials on Friday participated in “Big Cleaning Day” activities to spruce up the roads and key sites on Bangkok’s Rattanakosin Island in preparation for His Majesty the King’s upcoming coronation procession.

The Ministry of Culture is this month commemorating the 235th anniversary of the beginning of Bangkok’s Rattanakosin Period with daily activities in various locations around the old city.

HIS HOLINESS Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara has gone down in Thailand’s history as the 19th Supreme Patriarch of the Rattanakosin Period.

In a bid to ease traffic around Rattanakosin Island, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will build a carpark under Sanam Luang, the city governor's adviser Wanlop Suwandee revealed yesterday.