BTS (Chit Lom) Traditional Cache
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Chit Lom BTS Station
A very upmarket area with a large department store that has played a huge part in many of Bangkok residents lives.
Mater Dei School is a private Catholic School run by the Sisters of the Ursuline Order. "Mater Dei" is the Latin word meaning "Mother of God". In 1925, the Ursuline Sisters of the Roman Union sent four European Sisters to carry out educational works in Thailand at the invitation of Archbishop Rene Perros, Head of the Catholic Mission in Siam.
In 1926, Sister Marie Bernard Mancel, the second superior of the Ursuline Order in Thailand decided to purchase a piece of land of about 18 rais with a large house. Mater Dei School was therefore set up and was the only educational institution on Ploenchit Road. Its wooden building had two prominent towers, one housing boarding students while another was the residence of the Sisters with a small chapel located inside.
The school put up a huge campaign to stop the construction of the BTS station as they felt that wicked men would look down upon the girls doing sport in an improper way. The fight was serious with the school using it's very strong alumni to try and put a hold to it. The compromise at the end of the day was that the BTS company put up barriers to prohibit folk from viewing the school from the platform.
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