Wat Yannawa
Wat Yannawa, commonly known in English as "the boat temple", is a Buddhist temple in Bangkok on Charoen Krung Road, Sathon district. The temple has a long history from the Ayutthaya era to the present.Photo: Photo Dharma, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand
- Also known as: “Wat Yan Nava” and “Wat Yan Nawa”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sathorn Unique Tower and King Taksin the Great Bridge.
Sathorn Unique Tower
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sathorn Unique Tower is an unfinished skyscraper located in the Sathon district of Bangkok, Thailand. Planned as a high-rise condominium complex, construction of the building was halted during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, when it was already about 80 percent complete. Sathorn Unique Tower is situated 190 metres east of Wat Yannawa.
King Taksin the Great Bridge
Bridge
The Taksin Bridge, or commonly known as Sathon Bridge is a bridge crossing the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, Thailand. King Taksin the Great Bridge is situated 230 metres north of Wat Yannawa.
Saphan Taksin BTS station
Metro station
Photo: Hdamm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saphan Taksin station is a BTS skytrain station, on the Silom Line in Sathon and Bang Rak Districts, Bangkok, Thailand. The station is located at the entry ramp of Taksin Bridge, below Sathon Road, to the east of the Chao Phraya River. Saphan Taksin BTS station is situated 190 metres northeast of Wat Yannawa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bang Rak and Khlong Ton Sai.
Bang Rak
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Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bang Rak is a khwaeng and historic neighbourhood in Bangkok's Bang Rak District. It lies between the Chao Phraya River and Charoen Krung Road, and was home to communities of European expatriates who settled in the area mostly during the second half of the 19th century as Siam opened up to the West.
Khlong Ton Sai
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Khlong Ton Sai is a khwaeng of Khlong San District, in Bangkok, Thailand. In 2020, it had a total population of 18,704 people.
Bang Lamphu Lang
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Bang Lamphu Lang is a khwaeng of Khlong San district, Bangkok's Thonburi side.
Wat Yannawa
- Categories: wat, tourism, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Yan Nawa, Sathon, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
13.71733° or 13° 43′ 2″ northLongitude
100.51343° or 100° 30′ 48″ eastElevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
7P52PG87+W9OpenStreetMap ID
way 332853807OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=yesGeoNames ID
1604793Wikidata ID
Q1111480
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Vietnamese—“Wat Yannawa” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ယာနနာဝါကျောင်းတော်”
- Burmese: “ရန်နဝကျောင်းတော်”
- Chinese: “龍船寺”
- Dutch: “Wat Yannawa”
- French: “Wat Yannawa”
- German: “Wat Yannawa”
- Hebrew: “ואט יאנאווה”
- Khmer: “វត្តយាននាវា”
- Korean: “왓 얀나와”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wat Yan Nawa”
- Telugu: “వాట్ యన్నావా”
- Thai: “วัดยานนาวา”
- Vietnamese: “Wat Yan Nawa”
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