Victory Monument (Bangkok)
Victory Monument (Thai: อนุสาวรีย์ชัยสมรภูมิ, ) is a military monument in Bangkok, Thailand. The monument was erected in June 1941 to commemorate the Thai victory in the Franco-Thai War. The monument is in Ratchathewi District, northeast of central Bangkok, at the center of a traffic circle in the intersection of Phahonyothin, Phaya Thai and Ratchawithi roads. Design The monument is entirely Western in design. This is in contrast with another prominent monument of Bangkok, the Democracy Monument…