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Last week, some of the houses in the Mahakan Fort Community are torn down by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, in an attempt to evict the community to make way for a public park.

This is part 1 of a series on the Mahakan Fort community. We will cover its history, cultural significance and the conflict with the city administration.

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Mahakan Fort is one of the fourteen forts that guarded the Rattanakosin Era of Bangkok. It had stood for 234 years.

This is part 2 of a series on the Mahakan Fort community. We will cover its history, cultural significance and the conflict with the city administration.

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Bangkok’s oldest fortress may soon be confined to the history books. Remaining residents of Mahakan Fort, whose community dates back to the 1800s, have been told by the city to move out by the end of this month. Coconuts TV visited the People of the Fort and heard their stories. Read more on Coconuts Bangkok here:
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mere bag grunds historie

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Demolition of houses in Mahakan Fort gets the nod

The government's steering and state administration reform panel has decided that City Hall can proceed with demolishing houses in the Mahakan Fort community.

Bangkok deputy governor Chakkaphan Phewngam said on Friday the committee, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, agreed to allow the agency to continue knocking down houses around the Mahakan Fort, starting next January, under its land development plan.

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Mahakan Fort opens as public park




Mahakan Fort opens as public parknational July 25, 2018
Five months after its last residents surrendered in a high-profile battle over Mahakan Fort, the early Rattanakosin-era landmark began its new life as a public park on Tuesday afternoon.

Bangkok governor Pol General Aswin Kwanmuang presided over the opening ceremony at 5pm, inviting visitors to an exhibition on Rattanakosin history at the park's Phraya Yanaprakard building.He said conservation of Mahakan Fort along with development of its surroundings as a public park was the fruit of six decades of effort, begun in 1959 when City Hall was handed the task.

The project required expropriation of 21 plots spread across nearly 8,000 square metres on which 28 homes were originally built. In 1992, a regulation supporting the expropriation was issued, but by that time the community surrounding the fort had grown in size to 102 homes.

In 1994, home owners began to move out in return for compensation from City Hall. In April this year, after negotiations with the last remaining residents, the final 56 homes were demolished and construction of the park began, Aswin said.Mahakan was among 14 forts that King Rama I, the founder of Rattanakosin Kingdom and Chakri dynasty, built for protection when establishing Krung Rattanakosin (Bangkok) as the capital of Siam in 1782.

Noting that only two now remain, Mahakan and Phra Sumen Fort, Aswin urged visitors to help keep the newly opened park clean and graceful and alcohol free.The governor also posted a Facebook invitation to visit."The fort area has changed so much from its previous state.

Now, it is open, with many green trees, beautiful and safe. Wherever you stand, you can observe the gracefulness of the fort and old city wall," he said in the post. The park and its buildings will serve as a history centre as well as a public recreational space where cultural activities would be held from time to time, Aswin said. It would become a unique tourist attraction on Koh Rattanakosin, joining Santichaiprakarn Park and Phra

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