Terrain
General Condition
The terrace, or crooked balcony, is located on the base of the main building in the Phutthawat section of Wat Ratchabophit. It is the part that connects the end of the Ubosot, Viharn, and Wihan Thit buildings together. Located between each building
Wat Ratchabophit is the royal temple in Buddhism. Thammayut Sect that are still in use today Currently, it is located in Wat Ratchabophit Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok. Inside Rattanakosin Island North to Ratchabophit Road, Department of Provincial Administration, Ministry of Interior On the east side to Fueng Nakhon Road West side to Atsadang Road Along the old moat The southern side extends to the canal of Wat Ratchabophit.
Height above mean sea level
1 meterWaterway
Chao Phraya River, Khlong Khu Mueang Doem, Khlong Lod Wat Ratchabophit
Geological conditions
The condition of the area is a plain from the deposition of sediments during the Holocene period.
Archaeological Era
historical eraera/culture
Rattanakosin period, the reign of King Rama VArchaeological age
1869Types of archaeological sites
religious placearchaeological essence
The terrace, or crooked balcony, is located on the base of the main building in the Phutthawat section of Wat Ratchabophit. It is the part that connects the end of the Ubosot, Viharn, and Wihan Thit buildings together. Located between each building
The terrace is located between each building. The size is 7.25 meters wide, 73 meters long and 3.8 meters high. The building is a curved building around the chedi. By staying away from the pagoda and leaving an empty space in between the courtyard around the chedi When viewed from the outside, it is seen as a 9 pillared building, but when viewed from the courtyard of the chedi, it is seen as 5 pillared chambers (Sudjit Sanan Wai 1998 :155-156)
The roof of the building is a curved gable roof along the wall. There is a 2-storey roof. The ground floor has pillars for both inside and outside the balcony. Next to the outer palai column, a solid wall was built. The inner part is released as an open terrace with 2 floating columns, which are the inner pillar and the Palai pillar. Palais or outer pillars for the lower roof It is a rough polished stone pillar, machined on top of a lotus pillar. and turning the pillar below into a cornice pillar As for the pillars in the balcony, there are 2 lines, which are the common pillar and the palai pillar. It is a round pillar at the end of the exam slightly. The pillar is decorated with honed stone, cut into a gray octagonal hump slab. The lotus head of the pillar is a long petal pattern, stacked 2 layers, covered with gold and decorated with glass. There is no lotus at the foot of the pillar
The exterior wall of the balcony is lined with benjarong tiles. Cone pattern at the base of the wall The general pattern is a bush of khao bin. Thep Nom Rod snatches the yellow ground. It is the same pattern as the wall of the Ubosot. As for the inner wall, there is no decoration (Sudjit Sananwai 1998 :156)