Wikipedia:Picture of the day/April 4, 2005

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Bang Pa-In floating pavilion

Bang Pa-In is one of the 16 amphoe of Ayutthaya province, Thailand. The area is best known for the Bang Pa-In Royal Palace, a palace complex formerly used by the Thai kings as a summer dwelling. Most of the present buildings were constructed between 1872 and 1889 by King Chulalongkorn.

This image depicts the Aisawan Thiphya-Art (Divine Seat of Personal Freedom), a pavilion constructed in the middle of a pond.

Photo credit: Dan Smith
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