King Chulalongkorn of Siam (Rama V)
WHS related to King Chulalongkorn of Siam (Rama V)'s 1897 trip to Europe, the first monarch from far east asia who made state visits to many European countries.
Connected Sites
Site | Rationale | Link |
Ancient Thebes | (9-10 Nov) | |
Belem | Belem Monastery (22 October) | |
Budapest | (26 June) visited Buda Castle | |
Cologne Cathedral | (22 August) | |
Drottningholm | (15 July) had lunch with King Oscar II | |
Edinburgh | (10 August) | |
El Escurial | (16 October) | |
Florence | (7-16 June) | |
Grand Place, Brussels | (10 Sep) visited Hotel de Ville of Brussels | |
Historic Cairo | (7 Nov) met Caliph Abbas Hilmi | |
Kandy | (21 April) visited Temple of Tooth | |
Kew Gardens | (1 August) | |
Kremlin and Red Square | Kremlin (7 July) | |
Maritime Greenwich | (1 August) | |
Melaka and George Town | George Town (4 Dec) | |
Naples | (29 October) | |
Old City of Berne | (25-28 May) met President Adolphe Deucher | |
Old Town of Galle | (14 April) | |
Paris, Banks of the Seine | (12-16 Sep) met Felix Faure, visited Eiffel Tower, Louve Museum etc. | |
Pompei | (1 Nov) | |
Potsdam | (26 August) met Kaiser Wilhelm I at Sans Souci | |
Pyramids (Memphis) | (8 Nov) | |
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy | (1 June) stayed in Turin Royal Palace | |
Rome | (3 June) met by King Umberto I | |
Roskilde Cathedral | He also went there and, as a longstanding tradition, his "royal highness" was measured on a column in the Chapel of the Magi. And he stands as the shortest of all! :-) | |
Schönbrunn | (24 June) had state banquet | |
Seville | Alcazar of Seville (20 October) | |
Singapore Botanic Gardens | visited 1871 | |
St. Petersburg | (3 July) met Emperor Nicolas I at Peterhoff | |
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch | Jungfrau (29 May) | |
Tower of London | (5 August) | |
Upper Middle Rhine Valley | (22 August) | |
Vatican City | (4 June) met Pope Leon XIII | |
Venice and its Lagoon | (14-17 May) met Prince Thomas of Savoie, Duke of Genoa | |
Versailles | (15 Sep) | |
Vienna | (22 June) met Emperor Franz Josef I | |
Warsaw | (1 July) met Prince Imeritinsky, Governor of Poland | |
Westminster | (2 August) |
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