httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzRsczFNMXU

The 3-story yellow building you see here is the only palace left standing in Samphraeng. The palace was built in wood and masonry by Prince Nara, a younger brother of King Rama V. The interior is decorated in finely carved Golden Teak. On the second floor of the palace there is a spiral iron staircase that runs up to a shrine room on the top floor where Buddha images and family urns are kept. You can see that the building is not in good condition now and needs to be restored.

Prince Nara loved the performing arts and so decided to build a big beautiful theater in the open court behind this palace. This was Thailand’s first Western theater and opera house.