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Thai Pavillion

Everyone has been asking me where I took the photos of the Thai pavillion, so here goes.

The Thai pavilion is the centerpiece of the Thai Garden in Olbrich Botanical Gardens in Madison, Wisconsin. No nails, no screws, and no metal fasteners of any kind were used to craft this pavillion. It was assembled by Thai craftsmen in Thailand, then dis-assembled and shipped to Madison. The Thai artisans then re-assembled the pavilion in the Gardens.

The open-air pavilion, called a “sala” in Thailand, is 40 feet long, 22 feet wide, and 30 feet high. It was gifted to the University of Wisconsin-Madison from the Thai Chapter of the Wisconsin Alumni Association and the government of Thailand through its king and bears the Royal seal of the Thai crown.

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