The King Chulalongkorn Memorial Building ( Thai : พระบรมราชานุสรณ์พระบาทสมเด็จพระจุลจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว ) is a Thai pavilion ( Sala Thai ) in Utanede , Sweden (part of the Ragunda Municipality ) built to commemorate the 1897 visit of King Chulalongkorn of Thailand to the town.
3-490: The construction of the building started in August 1997 and it was inaugurated on July 19, 1998, at the 101 anniversary of King Chulalongkorn's visit. The building is in the style of a royal Thai pavilion ( prasat ) with a surface of ten by ten meters and a height of 28 meters. The roof is supported by 24 pillars in white concrete around the building with its four entrances. The pavilion is adorned with gold leaf ornamentation with
6-508: A value of three million Swedish kronor or 14 million Thai baht . 62°57′21″N 16°40′35″E / 62.95583°N 16.67639°E / 62.95583; 16.67639 This article about a Swedish building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Prasat (Thai architecture) A prasat ( Thai : ปราสาท , from Sanskrit: prāsāda ), or more accurately, kudakhan ( กุฎาคาร , from Pali/Sanskrit: kūṭāgāra ) or rueanyot ( เรือนยอด ),
9-562: Is a Thai architectural form reserved for royal palaces of the monarch or for sacred religious structures. It is a building featuring an ornate roof structure, usually multi-tiered, with one or more spires . The form symbolizes the centre of the universe, which is traditionally associated with the monarch or the Buddha . Prasat forms are widely used in the buildings of the Grand Palace , and are also found in some Buddhist temples ( wat ) and in
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