{{Short description|Neighbourhood in Bangkok}} [[File:แพร่งภูธร Phraeng Phuthon (October 2021) img 01.jpg|thumb|Iconic shophouses in ''Phreang Phuthon'']] [[File:นัฐพรไอศครีม Nuttaporn Ice Cream 01.jpg|thumb|The Louis Vuitton City Guide recommended ''[[Nattaporn Ice Cream|Nathhaporn Ice Cream]]'', one such delicacy in the area<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.wongnai.com/news/nuttaporn-coconut-ice-cream|title=ลิ้มลองไอศกรีมเนื้อทราย “นัฐพร” ร้านไอศกรีมเก่าแก่ 70 ปี ณ แพร่งภูธร|author= mindeulle |date=2019-11-28 |website= |publisher=Wongnai |access-date= 2021-10-23|quote=}}</ref>]] '''Sam Phraeng''' ({{langx|th|สามแพร่ง}}, {{IPA|th|sǎːm pʰrɛ̂ŋ|pron}}), also spelled as '''Sam Praeng''', is the name of a neighbourhood that is historic area in [[Rattanakosin Island]], [[San Chaopho Suea Subdistrict|San Chaopho Suea Sub-District]], [[Phra Nakhon District]], [[Bangkok]]. It is an area in the middle between [[Atsadang Road|Atsadang]] (run through [[Pak Khlong Talad]] to [[Sanam Luang]]) and [[Tanao Road]]s (run through [[Si Kak Sao Chingcha]] to [[Bang Lamphu]]). In addition, it is considered in the same neighbourhood as other landmarks, such as [[Sao Chingcha]], [[San Chao Pho Suea Phra Nakhon|San Chao Pho Suea]], [[Wat Suthat]], [[Wat Ratchabophit]], [[Ministry of Defense (Thailand)|Ministry of Defense]], [[Saphan Chang Rong Si]], etc.<ref name=สาม1/>
The term ''Sam Phraeng'' in Thai generally means "[[three-way intersection]]", which according to ancient Thai beliefs, are the path that the ghost or various spirits used as the path through, therefore is an inauspicious place and no one dares to build houses for living.<ref name=สาม/> The name is derived from three ''[[soi]]'' (alleyways), which were the location of palaces of [[Chakri dynasty|three princes]], namely Phraeng Phuthon, Phraeng Nara and Phraeng Sanphasat respectively.<ref name=สาม/>
Nowadays, especially at Phraeng Phuthon and Phraeng Nara, the small shophouses mostly built during the reign of King Chulalongkorn remain beautiful as an epitome of [[Sino-Portuguese architecture|Sino-Portuguese style]]. Moreover, this neighbourhood is also known as the center of the well-known restaurants and many [[street food of Thailand|delicacies]] such as Cantonese noodles, [[beef noodles]], grilled pork meatballs, [[café]]s, milk cafés, ''[[rad na]]'' and pork [[satay]], ''[[pad thai]]'' and ''[[mee krob]]'' from [[Chotechitr]], ''[[kai yang]]'', ''[[yen ta fo]]'', [[mango sticky rice]] from [[Kor Panich]], ''[[popiah]]'' and [[Khao mu krop|barbecued red pork in sweet gravy with rice]], Thai style ice cream and rare traditional Chinese cuisine, pig's brain soup.<ref name=สาม>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanfah.com/portfolio/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3-season-1-%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99-%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87|work=[[Thai PBS]]|date=2009-02-23|language=thai|title=สามแพร่ง...ทางแยกแห่งทวิภพ|trans-title=Sam Phraeng...junction of two worlds}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://travel.trueid.net/detail/pm2yJ9Y4a4x|title=ตะลุยกิน 3 แพร่ง ! กับ 10 ร้านอร่อย สตรีทฟู้ด แพร่งสรรพศาสตร์ แพร่งนรา และ แพร่งภูธร|author=Filmthii|date=2018-02-08|language=thai|work=tueid.net|trans-title=Dabble to eat Sam Phraeng ! with 10 yummy street food restaurants, Phraeng Sappasart, Phraeng Nara and Phraeng Phuthon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mgronline.com/travel/detail/9590000048354|title=ท่องกินของอร่อย 5 ร้านเด็ด ถิ่นย่านเก่า ที่ "สามแพร่ง"|work=Manager Online|language=thai|date=2016-05-13|trans-title=Travel to eat yummy food at 5 cool restaurants in the old area at "Sam Phraeng"}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.matichonweekly.com/cook/article_118871|work=[[Matichon]]|language=thai|title=เปิดพิกัด! ร้านแรกเชลล์ชวนชิม 'ลูกชิ้น-มันสมองหมู ไทยทำ' 50 ปีก็ยังอร่อย|author=Thanatsi Chuan Chim|date=2018-07-21|trans-title=Open the coordinates! first Shell Chuan Chim restaurant 'pork ball-pig's brain Thai made', 50 years is still delicious}}</ref>
== Phraeng Phuthon == [[file:สุขุมาลอนามัย สถานีกาชาดที่ 2 สามแพร่ง -- img 01.jpg|thumb|Sukhumala Anamai (now a Thai Red Cross Station)]] '''Phraeng Phuthon''' (แพร่งภูธร) was named after Prince Thawee Thawalai (พระองค์เจ้าทวีถวัลยลาภ; later named as Prince Phuthon Phuthareth Thamrongsak–พระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าทวีถวัลยลาภ กรมหมื่นภูธเรศธำรงศักดิ์), the origin of the royal family surname Thaweewong. He was the son of King [[Mongkut]] (Rama IV) and the Royal Concubine Talab (เจ้าจอมมารดาตลับ). He served as Commander in Chief of Metropolitan Ministry. His residence was at the corner of Si Kak Sao Ching Cha, on Ban Tanao Road (now Tanao Road). After his death in 1894, the palace was sold to King [[Chulalongkorn]] (Rama V). The king graciously ordered the building of [[shophouses]] and cut a road through the palace, named after the former owner, Phraeng Phuthon. At present there is a public health station under [[Thai Red Cross Society]] named "Sukhumala Anamai" (สุขุมาลอนามัย), built in 1928 (before [[Siamese revolution of 1932|Siamese revolution]] four years) according to Queen [[Sukhumala Marasri]]'s wishes, and still operate. And the center point is small public park for leisure and activities of locals.<ref name=สาม1/> {{coord|13|45|07.3|N|100|29|51.3|E|region:MM}}
== Phraeng Nara == [[File:วังวรวรรณเดิม โรงเรียนตะละภัฏศึกษา โรงละครปรีดาลัย (October 2021) - img 01.jpg|thumb|Worawan Palace or the former residence of Prince [[Narathip Praphanphong]], the namesake of this ''phraeng'']] '''Phraeng Nara''' (แพร่งนรา) was named after Prince [[Narathip Praphanphong]] (พระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าวรวรรณากร กรมพระนราธิปประพันธ์พงศ์) whose name at birth was Prince Worawannakon (พระองค์เจ้าวรวรรณากร), the origin of the royal family surname Worawan na Ayudhya. He was a son of King Mongkut and the Royal Concubine Kean (เจ้าจอมมารดาเขียน). He served in the Department of Treasury as the deputy chief. He resided at the palace where his father, the King, built on Tanao Road. The palace is known locally as {{ill|Worawan Palace|th|วังวรวรรณ}} (วังวรวรรณ) which was connected to the palace of Prince Thawi Thawalai. While residing at this palace, he built the first theater in Thailand called "Pridalai Theater" (โรงละครปรีดาลัย) around 1908. At that time, it was assumed that he requested to build a road cutting through the middle of his palace, and built two shophouse blocks. Thus, people call the street by the name of the palace's owner, Phraeng Nara. The Pridalai Theater later closed and the building was up for rent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://info.gotomanager.com/news/details.aspx?id=80826|title=ตำนาน "ปรีดาลัย"|first=Wimol|last=Angsunantawiwat|date=July 2009|work=Manager Magazine|language=thai|trans-title=Legend of "Pridalai"|access-date=2018-12-20|archive-date=2018-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220230704/http://info.gotomanager.com/news/details.aspx?id=80826|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=สาม1/><ref>{{cite web |title=Strolling through time |url=https://search.bangkokpost.com/search/image_detail?imageId=133543 |publisher=Bangkok Post |access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref>{{coord|13|45|9.3|N|100|29|50.4|E|region:MM}} It was later occupied by Talaphat Suksa School (โรงเรียนตะละภัฏศึกษา) and a law firm by the same name. The school was closed in 1995 and the building remained occupied only by the law firm. Sometime between 2000s and 2010s, the law firm moved elsewhere and the building is currently left abandoned, mostly felt into disrepair.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=574m6wwQbbc|title=Lineกนก 3 แพร่ง 4 มิถุนายน 2560|date=2017-06-06|accessdate=2018-02-24|work=[[Nation TV (Thailand)|Nation TV]]}}</ref> As of 2021, it is overgrown whilst still belong to the [[Crown Property Bureau]] who has taken control of the place since the prince died.
== Phraeng Sanphasat == [[file:ซุ้มประตู แพร่งสรรพศาสตร์ Phraeng Sapphasat Gateway (October 2021) - img 03.jpg|thumb|Gateway arch at Phraeng Sanphasat, formerly part of the former palace]] '''Phraeng Sanphasat''' (แพร่งสรรพศาสตร์) was named after Prince Thongthaem Tawanlayawong (พระองค์เจ้าทองแถมถวัลยวงศ์; later named as Prince Sanphasattra Supakit–พระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ กรมหลวงสรรพสาตรศุภกิจ), the origin of the royal family surname Thongtam. He was a son of King Mongkut and Royal Concubine Sangwan (เจ้าจอมมารดาสังวาลย์). He served as royal page, chief of department. He resided at the palace on Ban Tanao Road next to that of Prince Narathip Prapanpong. After his death, his heir sold the palace area to private. The palace itself was demolished to construct shophouses and the road that cut through the palace was named after the former owner, Phraeng Sanphasat. The landmark of this place is the entrance on Tanao Road is arch with a beautiful [[European architecture]] is display. Although it has been burned three times.<ref name=สาม1>{{cite web|url=https://mgronline.com/travel/detail/9590000048328|work=[[Manager Online]]|date=2016-05-13|language=thai|title=เดินเที่ยว ชมย่านเก่า "สามแพร่ง" สัมผัสสถาปัตยกรรมสุดคลาสสิกกลางกรุง|trans-title=Wander around the old area "Sam Phraeng", experience the classical architecture in the downtown}}</ref> Besides, it's also known as another district of [[Prostitution in Thailand|Bangkok's sex industry]] around 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.notforsale.in.th/autopagev4/show_page.php?topic_id=352&auto_id=1&TopicPk=|title=ย้อนตำนานซ่องไทย ธุรกิจสีเทาในเงามืด|date=2009-02-17|language=thai|work=notforsale|trans-title=Retrace legend of Thai brothel, gray business in the shade}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> {{coord|13|45|12.5|N|100|29|50.1|E|region:MM}}
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==External links== {{commons category|Phraeng Phuthon Area|Phraeng Phuthon}} {{commons category|Phraeng Nara}} {{commons category|Phraeng Sanphasat Palace Gate|Phraeng Sanphasat}} *{{cite web|url=https://bk.asia-city.com/city-living/news/guide-bangkok-old-town-sam-praeng|title=Sam Praeng guide: Quiet streets and awesome street food in Bangkok's Old Town|date=2018-11-16|first= Petpailin |last=Kirdsaeng|work=BK}} *{{cite web|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/lifestyle/whats-on/43728/sam-praeng-facestreet|work=[[Bangkok Post]]|title=Sam Praeng Facestreet}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.asianoasisblog.com/a-walk-in-old-bangkok/|title=A Walk in Old Bangkok|author=Withaya|work=Asian Oasis Blog|date=2018-08-20}} {{Tourist attractions in Bangkok}} [[Category:Phra Nakhon district]] [[Category:Neighbourhoods of Bangkok]] [[Category:Streets in Bangkok]] [[Category:Tourist attractions in Bangkok]]