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The Grand Palace has an area of 218,400
sq. metres and is surrounded by walls
built in 1782. The length of the four
walls is 1,900 metres. Within these
walls are situated government offices and
the Chapel Royal of the Emerald Buddha
besides the royal residences.
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Named Phra Sukhothai Traimit, this
statue is placed in Wat Traimit near
Chinatown in Bangkok. In the traditional
sitting poster, it measures 3.10 m.
across the lap from knee to knee and
3.91m. from base to top. A peculiarity
of the statue is that it can be taken to 9
pieces. The purity of gold is 40 %
from the base up to the neck, 80 % from
the chin to the forehead, and 99 % for
the hair and the topknot, weighing
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Just north of the Royal Residence
of the Maha Monthian from which
there is a connecting gate lies The
Chapel Royal of The Emerald Buddha. It
consists of all the architectural
features of the monastery without
however the residential quarter,
for monks do not live here.
The Assembly Hall, or Ubosoth,
serves as the monarch's private chapel.
Hence the partition on either side
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