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ตำบลบางกะจะ อำเภอเมือง จังหวัดจันทบุรี 22000 |
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Nern Wong Military Camp |
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Noen Wong Fortress is an ancient military camp established in
the reign of King Rama III who ordered Chao Phraya Phra Klang to
have it built on 9 January 2377 B.E. The laterite and bricks of
the wall from Chanthaburi town were dismantled and moved to
construct this site for defensive purposes against the invading
Vietnamese. Noen Wong Fortress’s wall is mounted orderly with
over 10 large cannons. The Underwater Archaeological Office and
the National Maritime Museum are located within the camp. The
camp covers an area of over 270 rais surrounded by a
6-meter-high-wall, a fortress, a moat, and four doors based on
four directions. There are also ancient cannons mounted orderly
on the battlements. Formerly, the area was covered with
overgrown grass and parts of the wall collapsed. Today, the wall
and its fortress have been renovated. National Maritime
Museum Located within Noen Wong Fortress, it is a museum that
assembles and preserves the artifacts brought on land from the
ancient junk sunk in the Gulf of Thailand. These artifacts are
potteries including earthen jars and human and animal figurines
which are Sangkhalok potteries from Srisachanalai kiln site and
Noi River kiln site in Sing Buri province. Today, Fine Arts
Department is renovating this museum to propose a national
museum for Chanthaburi province to be included in the National
Maritime Museum Project as a venue to study the social history,
economy, natural sciences, cultural and traditional lifestyle
from a local perspective as well as exhibiting evidences and
history of Thai Maritime Commerce. National Maritime Museum
Noen Wong Fortress, Bang Ka Ja subdistrict, Mueang district,
Chanthaburi 22000 Tel. 039-391-431 Fax 039-391-432
Operating days and times Every Wednesdays-Sundays, 9.00
a.m.-16.00 p.m. Closing on Mondays, Tuesdays, and public
holidays
Driving Directions The most distant way to
travel from Bangkok to Chanthaburi is driving along the
motorway, turning to the road no.334 at Ban Bung district and
keep on driving. There are 4 entrances to the town center of
Chanthaburi. The recommended direction to go to Noen Wong
Fortress is taking the route that when driving from Bangkok to
Rai Ya Intersection at about a kilometer stone no. 324, turning
right to Rak Sak Chamul Road, and you will pass Rajabhat
Institute in Chanthaburi. Then, after continue driving straight
ahead, you will pass Taksin Maharaj Park where there is a large
pond surrounding a hill on which lies the Taksin equestrian
monument. After passing the park to the end of the intersection,
you have to turn right (turning left will take you to the
fresh-food market) to Ban Tha Chalaep (look at the kilometer
stone). After continue driving a bit, you will find King Taksin
The Great Shipyard which is being operated. Upon driving pass
the interjection and the shipyard, an interjection to the right
side no. 3147 (the road to Tha Mai) will be found. Then, turn
right to that road no. 3147 for about 400 meters and you will
find Noen Wong Fortress on the right hand side. You can drive
through the gate and park the car at the back or drive through
and conveniently park it at the National Maritime Museum which
is situated behind the fort so that you can visit the museum
right after the fort. |
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Bang Kacha |
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102.067950 E |
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