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Thailand: Democracy Monument (Anusawari Prachathipatai), Ratchadamnoen Avenue, Bangkok

Thailand: Democracy Monument (Anusawari Prachathipatai), Ratchadamnoen Avenue, Bangkok

Thailand's Democracy Monument was commissioned in 1939 to commemorate the 1932 Siamese coup d'état which led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in what was then the Kingdom of Siam, by its military ruler, Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsonggram.






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CPA Media Co. Ltd.

Photographer:

David Henley

Credit:

Pictures From Asia

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