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King Naresuan Royal Pavilion
พลับพลาเทิดพระเกียรติ 400 ปี
สมเด็จพระนเรศวรมหาราช
 Description: 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.
 Province Chiang Mai  Direction:
 District Wiang Haeng
 City Mueang Haeng  Comments:    Official Web:  
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 Entry fee Free GPS : 19.55338 N 98.650805 E  
 
                     
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