General Post Office

The General Post Office, also known as the Grand Postal Building, is a historic building in the Bang Rak District of . Opened on 24 June 1940 on the former site of the British Legation, it was designed by architects Sarot Sukkhayang and Mew Aphaiwong…
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: building in Bang Rak, Thailand
  • Also known as: “General Post Office, Bangkok”, “ไปรษณีย์กลาง บางรัก”, and “ไปรษณีย์กลางบางรัก”
  • Address: 1160 ถนนเจริญกรุง, บางรัก, บางรัก, กรุงเทพมหานคร 10500

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Haroon Mosque and Assumption Cathedral.

Mosque
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0.
, or Masjid Haroon, is a mosque in , , Thailand. It was founded in 1837 by Musa Bafadel, an Indonesian-Arab trader from , , and named after his son, Haroon. is situated 200 metres southwest of General Post Office.

Church
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is the principal Catholic church of , located at 23 Oriental Avenue, New Road, in the Bang Rak District of . It is the main church of the Archdiocese of Bangkok. is situated 440 metres south of General Post Office.

Buddhist temple
Photo: กสิณธร ราชโอรส, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 120 metres southwest of General Post Office.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Si Phraya and Maha Phruettharam.

Quarter
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bang Rak is one of the fifty districts of , . It lies on the eastern bank of the , beyond , which marked the old city boundary.

Quarter
Photo: กสิณธร ราชโอรส, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of the five khwaeng of Bang Rak District, Bangkok.

Quarter
or Talad Noi is a historic riverside neighbourhood in , Thailand, and a khwaeng of Samphanthawong District. It occupies a low-lying strip on the eastern bank of the immediately south of Bangkok's Chinatown, and covers about 0.449 square kilometres.

General Post Office

Latitude
13.7271° or 13° 43′ 38″ north
Longitude
100.51533° or 100° 30′ 55″ east
Levels
5
Open location code
7P52PGG8+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 231293478
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­civic
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q29927930
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Thai—“General Post Office” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “曼谷郵政總局”
  • Thai: “ไปรษณีย์กลาง”
  • Thai: “อาคารที่ทำการไปรษณีย์กลาง”
  • Thai: “อาคารไปรษณีย์กลาง”

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