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The history of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, dates at least to the early 15th century, when it was under the rule of Ayutthaya.Due to its strategic location near the mouth of the Chao Phraya River, the town gradually increased in importance, and after the fall of Ayutthaya King Taksin established his new capital of Thonburi there, on the river's west bank.
Bangkok, [a] officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon [b] and colloquially as Krung Thep, [c] is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 9.0 million as of 2021, 13% of the country's population.
Bangkok Airways offers daily flights to Sukhothai Airport from the Thai capital’s Suvarnabhumi Airport. Sukhothai is filled with a range of hotel options to suit all budgets and tastes, many ...
Talat Noi has a long history predating the founding of Bangkok. The first ethnic group to settle here were the Portuguese from Ayutthaya. They built a Portuguese church in 1786, today known as the Holy Rosary Church or, in Thai, Wat Kalawa. [2] Later, other ethnic groups came to live in Talat Noi, not only Chinese but also Vietnamese and Khmer.
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Bangkok Folk Museum, or Bangkokian Museum (Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์ชาวบางกอก, RTGS: Phiphithaphan Chao Bang Kok), is a museum in Bangkok, Thailand. It is at house number 273 on Soi Charoen Krung 43 , near the Sri Rat Expressway , several hundred metres from the left bank of the Chao Phraya River .
Bangkok National Museum was originally established by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) around the collection of antiquities of his father King Mongkut (Rama IV). The National Museum is on the grounds of the former Wang Na, the "Front Palace" which was built for the vice king, a sort of crown prince (Thailand has no law of primogeniture.
For the informal name, see the history of Bangkok under Ayutthaya. In 1767, after the sack of Ayutthaya by the Burmese , General Taksin took back Thonburi and, by right of conquest , made it the capital of the Thonburi Kingdom , crowning himself king until 6 April 1782, when he was deposed.