Culture & heritage
“Alveo” Italian-Thai Friendship Sculpture
Alveo is Komsan Phetsit’s bronze sculpture opposite Lumphini Park’s Chinese Pavilion, linking Venetian and Thai boats to commemorate Italian–Thai friendship.
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Location within the park
Opposite the Chinese PavilionContaining-park hours
Daily 04:30–22:00A sculpture about two canal cities
Alveo is a contemporary bronze sculpture in Lumphini Park, opposite the Chinese Pavilion. The Italian Embassy donated the work to Bangkok to mark 150 years of diplomatic relations between Italy and Thailand; it was unveiled on 21 April 2018.
Artist Komsan Phetsit combined a stylised Venetian gondola and Thai e-pong boat above outlines of Italian and Thai buildings. A steel plate reflects the forms below. The work connects the canal histories of Venice and Bangkok with the architectural legacy of Italians in the Thai capital.
Reading the artwork
Two boats and two architectural traditions
Look for the gondola and e-pong forms above the stylised buildings, then the reflection in the steel plate. The Embassy explains the boats as references to canals as routes for movement and trade in Venice and Bangkok.
ExploreThe commemorative base
The marble base carries commemorative plaques. Together with the three-metre bronze work, it marks the friendship anniversary celebrated by the 2018 donation.
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Explore it as part of a park walk
The sculpture stands in Lumphini Park rather than in a separately operated gallery. Use the Chinese Pavilion as the landmark for finding the named work.
ExploreUse the containing park’s hours
Bangkok’s expanded Lumphini Park schedule is daily 04:30–22:00. A 24-hour Maps label for the artwork does not provide access through closed park gates.
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How the commission came about
The Embassy coordinated the project with Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. A design competition was promoted through Silpakorn University in late 2017, with the work selected by an Embassy-led committee. The bronze foundry Monzart Bronze Benny Line and Central Group supported the project.
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