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FAMOUS BUILDINGS  -  Bangkok City Hall  
ศาลาว่าการกรุงเทพฯ  
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 Known as:   BMA (Bangkok Metropolitan Administration) building    
 Description:   After the Saochingcha Market was demolished in 1941, Bangkok’s first city hall was built here. The original city hall was a plain 2-storey wooden building that was far too small to accommodate the rapid growth of Bangkok. It was later replaced in 1962 by the huge white building you see here now which serves as the main office of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, or BMA for short. This building was initially planned to be 72 meters tall, but in Thai tradition, regular buildings should not be taller than the local temple. So a less imposing design combining Thai and western architecture was chosen.
On the front of the BMA building, just below the ugly digital clock, is the Bangkok city seal which is also found on all city vehicles, park benches, and lightposts. The seal is based on a painting by Prince Naris of the god Indra riding through the clouds on the mythological three-headed elephant named Erawan. Indra holds a lightning bolt in his hand, which he uses to drive away famine and drought. Just as the green god protects and provides for the celestial city of Amarvati, so the BMA governor maintains Bangkok.
 
 Province   Bangkok  Direction:      
 District   Phra Nakhon    
 City   Wat Bowon Niwet  Comments:    Official Web:    
 Genre   Famous Buildings      Related links:      
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 Entry fee   Free     GPS :   13.75379 N 100.50174 E  
                     
                     
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