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Lom Sak City Pillar (Bung Nam Tao) - Geopark CS#39 |
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หลักเมืองหล่มเก่า |
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The metropolis pillar shrine of Phetchaboon |
Lom Kao City Pillar |
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Lom Kao City Pillar is at Bung Nam Tao intersection in Bung Nam
Tao sub-district and was built in 1944. Its pillar was made from
cement and buried in the ceremony chaired by Field Marshal Plaek
Phibunsongkhram on April 23, 1944. Phetchabun City Pillar is a
historical site of Phetchabun people and shows evidence of
moving the capital to Phetchabun province. People in Phetchabun
worship it as a holy object along with the city.
During the
Second World War and the Greater East Asia War, Bangkok was
attacked by the enemy, as a result, people had to evacuate to
upcountry. Field Marshal
Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the prime minister had a policy to move
the capital to a safe place and selected Phetchabun to be the
capital because it is a strategically favorable location
surrounded by mountains with only one exit. Therefore, it is
difficult for enemies to invade. The cabinet drafted the Royal
Decree called “Nakhonban Phetchabun Administrative Emergency
Decree B.E. 2487 (1944)”.
Later on April 23, 1944, Field
Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram buried the pillar in the ceremony.
After that, many central agencies moved in, eg,
•The Ministry
of Finance located at Ruesi Sombat Cave, Bung Nam Tao
sub-district, Lom Sak district, is a place for storing treasure.
•Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy was located at Ban Pa
Daeng in Mueang district of Phetchabun province.
•The
Ministry of Education was located at Ban Nong Sae, Bung Khla
sub-district, Lom Sak district, Phetchabun province.
On July
20, 1944, the House of Representatives did not agree on the
approval of the Nakhonban Phetchabun Administrative Emergency
Decree B.E. 2487. Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram therefore
resigned his position on July 24, 1944. Nakhonban Phetchabun was
therefore terminated and the agencies had to move to Bangkok.
Travel: Use the same route to Ruesi Sombat Cave but the
pillar is at the junction on the right to the entrance to the
Phetchabun Airport. |
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Phetchabun |
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Lom Sak |
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Bung
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Free |
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GPS : |
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16.65567, 101.16365 |
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