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  Talaat Tha Tian

 

Thailand

Talaat Tha Tian is a large indoor dry fish market in Bangkok's Phra Nakhon district. It is situated in the centre of a U-shaped building which on the outside is lined with shop houses, many also selling dried seafood products (fig.).

 

The Tha Tian market is located adjacent and to the west of Wat Poh, and named after as well as situated at the Tian Wharf along the Chao Phraya River.

 

  Talaat Tha Tian

 

  Talaat Tha Tian

 

In the early Rattanakosin Period, a floating market was held along the shores of this wharf and the dry fish market evolved from this.

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