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Italy–Thailand Relations
Italy–Thailand relations date back officially to 1868. Italy operates an embassy in Bangkok, along with a consulate in Chiang Mai and Phuket (city), Phuket. Thailand operates an embassy in Rome. The Thai embassy in Rome also handles Thailand's relations with Albania, Cyprus, San Marino, and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Italian culture has had a significant impact on modern Thailand, especially in its architecture. History Origins In 1430, the Venetian merchant Niccolò de' Conti, Nicolò de'Conti visited the Tenasserim Hills, Tenasserim region, becoming the first European to visit the region, and the first Italian to visit Thailand as the region was at that time a province of the Ayutthaya Kingdom. In the early 1800s, Bangkok was called 'Venice of the East' due to the city's canals. On 3 October 1868, representatives of Chulalongkorn, King Chulalongkorn of Siam and Victor Emmanuel II, King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy signed a Treaty of Friendship and Commerce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 10 million people as of 2024, 13% of the country's population. Over 17.4 million people (25% of Thailand's population) live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region as of the 2021 estimate, making Bangkok a megacity and an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy. Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom, Ayutthaya era in the 15th century, which eventually grew and became the site of two capital cities, Thonburi Kingdom, Thonburi in 1767 and Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932), Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam during the late 19th century, as the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
