Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall (1915)*

Artist/Designer: Mario Tamagno, Annibale Rigotti

Project Location: Bangkok, Thailand

Style/Period(s):
Classical Revival, Revival Styles

Primary Material(s):
Paint, Fresco, Glass, Plaster

Function(s):
Government

Related Website(s):

Significant Date(s):
20th Century

Additional Information:
The Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall (Thai: พระที่นั่งอนันตสมาคม) is a former reception hall within Dusit Palace in Bangkok, Thailand. It now serves as a museum and is from time to time employed for certain state occasions. One year after the completion of the Amphorn Satharn Villa within the Dusit Palace in 1906, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) commissioned the construction of a reception hall to replace the one built during the reign of King Mongkut (Rama IV.). The building in Italian Renaissance and Neo Classic style was commissioned to the architects Mario Tamagno and Annibale Rigotti. Marble from Carrara, Italy, and other foreign materials were used. Italian sculptor Vittorio Novi, who would later also work on the Mahaiudthit Bridge, was employed with his nephew Rudolfo Nolli. The Throne Hall is a two storey construction with a large dome (49.5 m high) in the centre, surrounded by six smaller domes. The domes and walls are covered with paintings by Professor Galileo Chini and Carlo Riguli depicting the history of the Chakri Dynasty, from the first to the sixth reign. King Chulalongkorn died in 1910 and the building was finally completed in 1915.


Publications/Texts in Print-

Tongthong Chandransu. Phrathīnang ʻAnanta Samākhom: The Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall. Krung Thēp: ʻAksō̜n Samphan, 1987.

Chandransu, Tongthong, and Chintana Rakdhram. The Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall. Bangkok: Aksorn Sumphan, 1987.



Additional Information

Building Address

71 Uthong Nai Alley, Khwaeng Dusit, Khet Dusit, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10300, Thailand


Significant Dates

Comissioned by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in 1908.
Stone foundation laid on 11 November 1908.
Completed in 1915.
Became headquarters of Khana Ratsadon in 1932.
Indefinitely closed to visitors on October 1st, 2017.


Supporting Designers/Staff
Architects: Mario Tamagno and Annibale Rigotti.
Engineering work by Carlo Allegri and G.E. Gollo.
Marble sculpting by Vittorio Novi and Rudolfo Nolli.


Tags
Thailand, Bangkok, Royal Palace, Neoclassical, Neo-Renaissance,

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