2001 Photograph, Aphorn Phimok Prasat or Disrobing Pavilion special size print 8"X8",
Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand,
© 2002.
On the wall around the Dusit
Maha Prasat is Aphorn Phimok Prasat Pavilion, a lovely little pavilion in typical
Thai style, built by King Mongkut (King Rama IV) as a disrobing pavilion. In
the old days the King was carried on a palanquin to the shoulder-high step
of the pavilion where he alighted and removed his ceremonial hat and gown
before proceeding to the Dusit Audience Hall. This pavilion was reproduced
by King Chulalongkorn (King Rama V) at Bang Pa-In Summer Palace and a
replica of it was exhibited at the World Fair in Brussels in 1958.
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