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ARCHITECTURE & ICONOGRAPHY

 

 

 

  thong sayaam

 

Thailand

The first Siamese naval and national flag, used in the late Ayutthaya Period and throughout the Thonburi Period, from 1680 until 1782, i.e. at the beginning of the Rattanakosin Period.

 

This rather simple original national flag consists of a plain red field and is sometimes referred to as thong sayaam, i.e. flag of Siam.

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