Vimanmek Palace - The Teak Palace

Vimanmek Palace, purported to be the largest Golden Teak Structures in the world, was originally built in 1868 on Koh Si Chang, a small island off the coast of Si Racha just north of Pattaya and originally called Munthatu Rattanaroj Residence. Koh Si Chang Island was first made popular  in the mid 19th Century by King Rama IV (King Mongkut) who attributed the remarkable health and long-life of the island's inhabitants to delightful ocean air found on the island. The at the turn of the centry, King Rama V (King Chulalongkorn) had the Teak Residence dismantled and reassembled in Dusit Garden as the first permanent residence in the garden, located in the Dusit Palace complex, nearby Dusit Zoo in Dusit district. The palace was renovated in 1982 and now serves as a fantastic museum that has much of Thai History for the people of the world.