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Drum Tower and Clock Tower (Bangkok)

Thailand

The 186th tallest tower in the world

m

Drum Tower is a historic building constructed in 1782 in Bangkok located on side of Sanam Chai Road, Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, beside to Wat Pho and Territorial Defense Command. 13°44′45.88″N 100°29′40.06″E Nearby there is also a Clock Tower. It is a replica of the clock tower built up to replace the first clock tower in Bangkok that used to be in the nearby Grand Palace during the King Rama IV's reign, it was built with the drum tower restored in 1982 on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Rattanakosin (present-day Bangkok). 13°44′47.84″N 100°29′40.17″E

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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