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Saint Joseph Church is located on 30 Moo11, Tambon Sumpao Rom,
Ayutthaya. It was built in 1666 during the reign of King Narai
The Great of Ayutthaya after the first generation of
missionaries from Paris,
Bishop Lambert de la Motte and two priests came to Ayutthaya.
They had made great benefits for Ayutthaya and asked King
Narai for lands to build
a temple and a school as a center for Christianity and education
for children. The King, therefore, granted a land on a riverside
to build a temple and a school which were then called Saint
Joseph's Camp. The Thais used this temple as a fort to fight
with Myanmar until Burmese-Siamese War. The Burmese had burnt
it, took all possessions and moved the missionaries to Myanmar.
Because of this incident, after the war, this temple had
been deserted. Later in 1831, Mgr. Jean Baptiste Pallegoix and
the French missionaries renovated it again and, recently,
Bangkok Archdiocese renovated many parts, decorated all the
interior, and arranged the tomb of Bishop Lambert de la Motte
and Bishop Louis Laneau inside. The bones of the other 6 priests
and 23 missionaries are moved to the monument in the graveyard.
Saint Joseph Church is now a gorgeous yellow building in
Gothic style architecture surrounded by a beautiful riverside
view. Tourists can visit the inside of this old church. For more
information, please contact 03524 2589, 03532 1447. Direction to
Saint Joseph Church: http://
www.tourismthailand.org/Cileadmin/upload_img/Multimedia/
Ebrochure/453/วัดนักบุญยอแซฟ.pdf |
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14.33886 N |
100.55020 E |
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