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Phra Nakhon Khiri, or commonly
known as Khao Wang, means the celestial city on the mountain. This
magnificent site built in the reign of King Rama IV (King MongKut)
ascended the throne in 1851, and then 7 years later in 1858 he began
the project of the constructing the palace complex with the royal
chapel on the mountain. Now the palaces become the most important
tourist attraction of the province.
After the renovation of
the thunder bolt sticken building in 1883,it seems that Phar Nakhon
Khiri had been left without any effort of the conservation until 1953
when the present king had the Fine Arts Department renovate the palace
complex. The Department registered the place as an important monumental
site of the nation names Phra NaKhon Khiri historical park and Phra
Nakhon Khiri National Museum on August 27, 1979. Ancient art objects
once decorated various buildings at Phra Nakhon Khiri are now conserves
in the Phra Nakhon Khiri National Museum which occupies 2 building
of Phra Thinang Phetphum Phairot and Phra Thinang Pramot Mahaisawan.
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