Ministry of Defense Building

The many cannons - pointed at the Grand Palace - in front of the Ministry of Defense. The City Pillar is in the background.

 
Facing the eastern wall of the Grand Palace is the yellow-and-white former palace building now occupied by the Ministry of Defense. On the front lawn of the ministry is a sort of open-air museum displaying cannons down through the ages. As many a guidebook has pointed out, most of the cannons are aimed at the Grand Palace.

The Ministry of Defense is next to the City Pillar shrine. See our Ratanakosin Island map for more location information.