A capital founded in 1782 as a deliberate reincarnation of burned Ayutthaya: a royal island of gilded temples ringed by canals, a Chinatown older than the palace that built the kingdom's fortune, and the country's first paved road cutting a European quarter out of a water city. Layer on layer, still open for business.
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Charoen Krung Road: How Siam's First Modern Street Built a Colonial-Looking Quarter That Was Never a Colony
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The Emerald Buddha and the Palace: How Bangkok Was Built to Replace a City That Burned
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The Golden Buddha of Wat Traimit: The Statue That Hid Its Own Gold for Two Centuries
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