This Bridge is the first threshold to the university compound, with the Cathedrals of Learning as its landmark. Crossing over it, one sees a modern educational institution nestled in a beautiful landscape. A red Thai pavilion, embellished with mirrors and gilded ornaments, dominates the academic loop like a sparkling diamond atop a ring, It signifies Thai identity amid international aspects. This Stone bridge with gravel paths on each side is the biggest bridge in the university. The four stone posts on either side are decorated with sculptured lion’s heads symbolic of power, because knowledge is power.

The Pavilion of Four Virtues is so named by virtue of being inscribed on its upper part with the words “Prudence; Justice; Fortitude; Temperance.” These were cardinal virtues of great kings and perfect men in ancient Greek and Roman times. It is intended to edify and infuse into the students these qualities which would mould them to perfection. This imposing stone structure has arched doorways marked on each of its four sides by twin Roman columns. Perched on the corner of the incoming road, it directly overlooks an island of trees in the big pond. It is a nice breezy place to view the water mirroring the “university in a park,” the theme created by Bro. Martin.

Akin to the Columbus statue pointing to America as the newfound land, a scholar pointing to the Cathedral of Learning guides students to the land of knowledge. On four sides of the stone plinth on which the towering pillar stands are inscribed the motives for its construction; the names to twelve Headmasters of St. Laurent Sur Sevre, from 1716-1842, from where the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel have spread to four corners of the world; Bro. Martin’s concept of education and Montfort’s last will and testament. This monument, erected in 1999 is to pay tribute to H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej on the occasion of his sixth cycle birthday; to mark the third millennium and the centenary celebration of the Brothers of St. Gabriel’s arrival in Thailand.

The boulevard connects the front part of the campus to the residential halls. It is a baseline that marks the straight positioning from the King David hall; the bell tower, to the Cathedral of Learning and the Thai Pavilion in the front. In the middle of the long boulevard is the highest flagpole with the Thai national flag, and along both sides are displayed flags of some 50 countries from which their nationals have come to study at AU. At the end of the boulevard is the Martin Rangsan Bridge which leads to the bell-cum- clock tower. The tower is also an observatory and houses a museum. The reverberations of the bell can be heard from a distance, but the thrust of the university’s policy will reverberate beyond Thailand.