The Bangsai Arts and Crafts Training Center is located on the east bank of Chao Phraya River in tambon Charng Yai, Bangsai district, Ayutthaya Province, and extends over 900 rai.
The Centre comprises a number of interesting sites, among them the following :
The Administration Office Building is on the left bank of Chao Phraya River
The Administration Office Building (open in 1977) is a traditional Thai-style structure with four gable ends. This four-story-high building presents an impressive profile from its location in the middle of the Centre's grounds.
The ground floor is where handicrafts from the Centre and similar arts and crafts centres across the country are sold. A number of services are provided here as well, including a public relations counter, a currency exchange booth. Post office, and ATM machines.
The second floor highlights the most outstanding products of the Centre and continu ously changing parade of displays and exhibits for tourists. The third floor is for the Centre's officials and staff, while the forth floor is given over to meetings and seminars.
Clay figure of Thai top knot girls, sawasdee kaa, put the hands together as if in prayer and nod slightly, saying sawadee
Clay figure of Thai top knot boys dressed in traditional Thai
The Open Pavilion is a Thai-style pavilion made of local materials and located in front of the Royal Lodge and south of the Main Pavilion.
The distinctive feature of this structure is the rare multiplicity of knots and whorls in the wood used to build it.
The Banana Grove is the only place in Thailand that brings together over 30 different kinds of banana trees.
Many of the visitors to the Centre may never have seen some of the kinds cultivated here before.
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