King Naresuan Royal Pavilion
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400 th Commemoration of King Naresuan Royal Pavilion |
พลับพลาเทิดพระเกียรติ 400 ปี สมเด็จพระนเรศวรมหาราช |
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Naresuan was king of Ayutthaya from 1590 to 1605, and despite
his short reign is considered one of Thailand’s greatest
monarchs. His main claim to fame is having rid Siam of the
perfidious Burmese to regain independence. Not content with that
he also went on to sack the Burmese capital at Bago (no fewer
than two times), defeat the upstart ruler of Chiang Mai, teach
the Khmers a lesson, bring the Mon under control and he even
found time to march his army on Vientiane. Legend has him
defeating the king of Burma in a single-handed, elephant-back,
duel. He was a kind of Siamese hands-on Napoleon and under his
rule the kingdom reached its apogee.
It was during one
of his stomping campaigns (diplomacy obviously not being his
strong point), on his way to help the Shan fight the Burmese,
that he actually died in Wiang Haeng. Historians can't agree on
how he died: maybe malaria, maybe smallpox. Although his ashes
are said to be interred in a Shan State stupa, a shrine has been
set up just outside of Wiang Haeng to mark the point where he
supposedly passed away.
The shrine is set on a low hill
just two kilometres before town so, if you’re passing through
Wiang Haeng, stop and pay your respects to the great warrior
king, and check out the view at the same time.
Located at
Mueang Ngai Village, this stupa was built by the locals to
contribute to King Naresuan the Great of Ayutthaya Kingdom, who
stopped by in the area before moving his troop forward to Angwa,
a Burmese kingdom, in 1604. |
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Wiang Haeng |
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Mueang Haeng |
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Free |
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19.55338 N |
98.650805 E |
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