Fort sights in Bangkok

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   Mahakan Fort

   • Bangkok, Thailand
   • Sights › Fort

   The area around white-washed Mahakan Fort, one of two surviving citadels that defended the old walled city, has recently been converted into a small park overlooking Khlong Ong Ang. The octagonal fort is a picturesque, if brief and hot, stop en route to Golden Mount, but the neighbouring village is more interesting. This small community of wooden houses has been here for more than 100 years. But since the mid-1990s it has fought the Bangkok municipal government’s plan to demolish it and create a ‘tourist’ park. The community blocked progress and even proposed the development of another tourist attraction: a lí·gair museum honouring the dance tradition that traces…

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