Tag: Saint Louis Church

Sathorn is one of  a busy area in Bangkok that offer both modernity and traditon. The area has a mix of experience that is worth to explore. Let me show you interesting attractons in Sathorn that you should explore. These are Saint Louis Church, Wat Yan Nawa, Yawa Mosque, Chan Alley, Beautiful garen at Tae Chew Association and Kukrit Pramoj's House Museum. Saint Louis Church It was established when Father Louis Chorin was appointed as a bishop of the Bangkok Diocese. He moved the Bishop Conference from Assumption Church to an area that is presently near Saint Louis Hospital, because he thought that many Christians lived in that area. Photo credit: วัดเซนต์หลุย กรุงเทพ Later in 1955, he announced the building of a church on the land of Bishop Louis Way and Father Louis Romier. As for the church architecture, it has a simple gable roof. The outer side of the roof was all built by bricks. Photo credit: วัดเซนต์หลุย กรุงเทพ Saint Louis Church is another religious site that shows the multiplicity of people in the Sathorn District. Wat Yan Nawa Photo credit: bktemple.wordpress.com Wat Yan Nawa was originally named 'Wat Khok Kwai' and then renamed to 'Wat Yan Nawa' which translated into the boat temple. It is an old Buddhist temple from the Ayutthaya period. It has a unique junki-shaped (an ancient Chinese sailing ship) pagoda and monastery built by an order of King Rama III. The idea behind the construction was that the Chinese junk was quickly disapperingand the pagada show show present descendants what it looked like. The replica of a Chinese junk vessel contains two white pagodas. In the Bali room, there are statues of Vessantara, Kanha and Jali which depict the story of Buddha's past life. On the back door of the pagoda, there are the