350px, Rama I Road viewed from Siam BTS station skywalk near Chaloem Phao Junction.">Chaloem_Phao__Junction.html" ;"title="Siam BTS station skywalk near Chaloem Phao Junction">Siam BTS station skywalk near Chaloem Phao Junction. Rama I Road (, ; usually shortened to , ) is a road in Bangkok. It starts from the end of Bamrung Mueang Road where it intersects Krung Kasem Road at the border between the districts of Pom Prap Sattru Phai and Pathum Wan. From this point, it crosses

Kasat Suek Kasat Suek (, ) refers to an intersection and its corresponding bridge on the periphery of Pom Prap Sattru Phai and Pathum Wan Districts, Bangkok. The intersection is also known by the names Bobae Intersection and Yotse Intersection. Characterist ...

Bridge, also known as Yotse Bridge, which runs above Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem and the

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

running from nearby Hua Lamphong railway station. Continuing east, it ends at Ratchaprasong intersection, a four-way intersection of Ratchadamri Road, Rama I Road and Phloen Chit Road. The total distance is . Rama I Road runs through the shopping district

Siam Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

, with many department stores being situated on the road such as MBK Center, Siam Discovery,

Siam Paragon Siam Paragon () is a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. It is one of the largest malls in Thailand, along with Iconsiam, CentralWorld and Central WestGate. It is located right in front of Siam BTS station, an interchange station on both Sukhumvi ...

, and

Siam Square Siam Square (, ) is a shopping and entertainment area in the Siam area of Bangkok, Thailand. The square is located at the corner of Phayathai Road and Rama I Road and is owned by Chulalongkorn University, managed by its Property Management Of ...

. Other landmarks on the road include the Jim Thompson House, the

Bangkok Art and Culture Centre Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC; ) is a contemporary arts centre in Siam area, Bangkok, Thailand. Art, music, theatre, film, design and cultural/educational events take place in its exhibition and performance spaces. The centre includes caf ...

, the Scala Cinema, and the Buddhist temple Wat Pathum Wanaram.

History

Originally, it was named Pathum Wan Road after Pathum Wan District. Late, King

Vajiravudh Vajiravudh (1 January 188126 November 1925) was the sixth Monarchy of Thailand, king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama VI. He reigned from 1910 until his death in 1925. King Vajiravudh is best known for his efforts to create and pro ...

renamed the road "Rama I" to commemorate the King Phutthayotfa Chulalok, also known as

Rama Rama (; , , ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the seventh and one of the most popular avatars of Vishnu. In Rama-centric Hindu traditions, he is considered the Supreme Being. Also considered as the ideal man (''maryāda' ...

I, who was the founder of the Rattanakosin Kingdom (presently Thailand) and the first monarch of the reigning

Chakri dynasty The Chakri dynasty is the current reigning dynasty of the Thailand, Kingdom of Thailand. The head of the house is the Monarchy of Thailand, king, who is head of state. The family has ruled Thailand since the founding of the Rattanakosin era and ...

. The renaming alludes to a popular belief that Rama I, who at that time was serving as a general of King

Taksin King Taksin the Great (, , ) or the King of Thonburi (, ; ; Teochew: Dên Chao; 17 April 1734 – 7 April 1782) was the only king of the Thonburi Kingdom that ruled Thailand from 1767 to 1782. He had been an aristocrat in the Ayutthaya Kingdom ...

, had used the road to enter the inner city after returning from a war.

References

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