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Royal Clock Tower
หอนาฬิกาหลวงจำลอง
The 1982 replica of King Mongkut’s Royal Clock Tower, visible from Sanam Chai Road opposite Wat Pho.
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The Royal Clock Tower (หอนาฬิกาหลวงจำลอง) stands on Sanam Chai Road opposite Wat Pho. Its four clock faces recall the original tower that King Mongkut commissioned inside the Grand Palace in the nineteenth century. The roadside replica was built in 1982 for the 200th anniversary of Rattanakosin.
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View the tower from the street across from Wat Pho. Its clock faces and red railings distinguish it from the neighbouring Drum Tower. Allow time to use a marked crossing if you are coming from Wat Pho.
The original clock tower
King Mongkut commissioned the earlier four-sided clock tower as part of the Grand Palace in the 1850s. It helped Bangkok adopt a common time for the city, building on an older practice of sounding drums and gongs to mark the hours.
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