Phra Mondop building at Wat Phra Kaew/Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

The Phra Mondop building is part of Wat Phra Kaew/Temple of the Emerald Buddha, at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. King Rama I constructed the Phra Mondop building order to house the revised edition of the Buddhist Canon. The walls of the Phra Mondop are covered in green mirrored tiles inlaid with gold medallions depicting Buddha. The base of the walls are lined with two rows of small gilded guardian angels, each one slightly different. At the four corners of the Phra Mondop are stone Buddhas carved in the ninth century Javanese style. Sixteen twelve-cornered columns support the intricate multi-tier roof.

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The Phra Mondop building is part of Wat Phra Kaew/Temple of the Emerald Buddha, at the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. King Rama I constructed the Phra Mondop building order to house the revised edition of the Buddhist Canon. The walls of the Phra Mondop are covered in green mirrored tiles inlaid with gold medallions depicting Buddha. The base of the walls are lined with two rows of small gilded guardian angels, each one slightly different. At the four corners of the Phra Mondop are stone Buddhas carved in the ninth century Javanese style. Sixteen twelve-cornered columns support the intricate multi-tier roof.