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Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom is a distance of only
  Nakhon Pathom is only 56 kilometers away from Bangkok smaller government. The government named "Nakhon Pathom Pagoda" featuring ancient religious buildings, it is the symbol of Buddhism into Thailand, the first religious landmark markers. Nakhon Pathom is also a wealth of fruit species and named after the famous dishes.
  The original is located in the seaside city, it drops in the period when he is particularly smart tile prosperity. According to archaeological findings, Nakhon Pathom was the first by the influence of Buddhism and Indian civilization city. From the city of Nakhon Pathom pagoda found in other sites, people believe the city centers of civilization of that era. People of different races _set_tled in Nakhon Pathom. However, changes in river flow along the river bank to force people to move to, then, these communities developed into one cities and towns.
  New town called "Nakhon bad seats," or called "sirichai", making Nakhon Pathom was abandoned for centuries, until the reign of King Rama IV. When His Majesty the King is still in the monastic period, he cruises to Nakhon Pathom and found the pagoda is considered the largest one of all - Nakhon Pathom Pagoda.
  When King Rama IV ascended the throne, he ordered the construction of a bell-shaped pagoda pagoda former alternative. The surrounding area has been repaired and improved. He also ordered the dig one called "pagoda bucha" to facilitate the flow of the waterway. In the reign of King Rama V, south of the railway began construction of accessible, Nakhon Pathom was still a forest cover of the region. King Rama V, the town has ordered the re-positioned as it occupied before the town from the thana, the county seat was empty difference to Nakhon Pathom Pagoda area. Since then, the pagoda in there.
  In the reign of King Rama VI in sanam chan Township built a palace to the parade as a temporary residence, also built many roads. Waterways in the pagoda bucha built a bridge, named for His Majesty the King "charoensattha Bridge." Later, he ordered the poor empty seats that changed its name to Nakhon Pathom, but the area is still called "Nakhon bad seats," until the reign of King Rama VII in the area of ​​the term is terminated. World Nakhon Nakhon Pathom difference I now a county government.
  Nakhon Pathom covers an area of ​​2,168 square kilometers, or 542,081.6 acres. It is administratively divided into seven regions or counties, they are: city of Nakhon Pathom, Buddhist city, sam phran counties, county seats that poor air, bang len County, kamphaeng saen County and don toom County. Most of the mountain plains region is not only the City and County kamphaeng saen plateau areas east and west. tha cheen River (Nakhon bad seats River) plain areas along the worse for that empty seat County, sam phran River bang len located position. The fertile land provided people with a good agricultural region, most residents of agriculture, farming, farming, fruit growing food crops for a living river, especially grapefruit. Nakhon Pathom is known to grapefruit, with sweet grapefruit called for the city of Nakhon Pathom.
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Nakhon Pathom Palace
  Neun Dhamma Sala
  Neun Dhamma Sala village in the Dhamma Sala Dhamma Sala Temple, Nakhon Pathom Pagoda from 6 km east, the south side of the road in Petchakasem. It looks like a hill, and with a tunnel at the beginning, is said to be connected and the Dhamma Sala Phra Mayn Temple Monastery. According to rumors, there are all kinds of valuable treasures, such as pottery since ancient times, but can not take away, because there are a treasure patron saint of the guards.
  Neun Phra or Neun Yai Hom
  Neun Phra or Neun Yai Hom is located in Don Yai Hom Village. Along Petchakasem Road to Bangkok from Nakhon Pathom direction of 5 km, you will get a T-junction, then turn right onto Route _Set_takit 2 (Ban Paew-Don Yai Hom Road) move 9 km, Yai Hom is located on your 150 meters ahead on the left into a bypass of the paddy field. Ban Paew first an ancient site. In 1936, Phra Dhamma Vathi Kanachan (Luang Pho Ngeun) - Don Yai Hom Temple monks, he will dig up mountains at the end of the broken bricks, built a chapel. When he continued to dig down, he found two four-meter high rectangular pillar green clay, with a top of the column and Asoka Maharaj King Sanchi stupa similar to the unique sculpture, and a statue of a crouching red deer, and the other a Dvaravati and a stone Buddha statues during the Sema Dhamma Chakra (used to represent the virtues of the Buddha temple border round). The red pillars at the top of a gap for the placement Sema Dhama Chakra. This Nakhon Pathom pagoda, Phra Ngam Temple, Phra Padhone Sanam Chan Palace temple and pillars found in a unified style. At present, the pillars in the Don Tai Hom Temple, the red deer and statues crouched National Museum in Bangkok. These findings confirm that the region is traced back to Dvaravati period or earlier period, about 1,000 years ago in an ancient temple, the temple hill must be within a large pagoda. This is a much revered and important historical sites.
  Neun Wat Phra Ngam
  Phra Padhone pagoda
  Phra Padhone pagoda is another historic site, which is located in Phra Padhone Township Phra Padhone pagoda temple. Living away from the road along the Petchakasem, Nakhon Pathom Pagoda 2 km east of the location. Nakhon Pathom Phra Padhone original inverted bell shape is in the form of top-down, and Dvaravati period as the other pagoda. Pagoda Temple is located in the Phra Padhone bad that I empty the middle of the ancient city, it found a number of cultural artifacts excavated artifacts. These items were found including Buddha statues, Buddha heads, terracotta statues and claws dangling Tu Jie Road, the bronze serpent, which is the reign of King Rama VI as the official logo.
  Phra Mayn Temple
  Phra Mayn Temple is located in Huai Chorakae Township Ananta Uttayan Park, Nakhon Pathom Pagoda in the south. It is an abandoned temple, and now looks like a mountain. Other artifacts found here, including bronze statues of Buddha and a red arms, legs and hands, Yaksa Deva (Thai mythology Titans), Lotus pagoda ruins of lion god, and plaster reliefs. Today, they are on display at the Bangkok National Museum and the Great Stupa of Nakhon Pathom. In the reign of King Rama VI, Damrong Rachanupap prince from the Phra Men Temple Buddha brought two pairs of large footprint weight G, and place them Nakhon Pathom Pagoda in the hallway outside. In the art room and French archaeologists excavated cultural relics in 1938 during a similar one found in the remains of a giant pagoda. It is a square base of the pagoda, with stilt staggered corner, 12 meters of the well itself, surrounded by arched sash, each of which put forward a clay statue of Buddha. Later, the Buddha is enshrined in Nakhon Pathom pagoda temple. These clay statues is said to be traceable to Dvaravati period, that a large stupa in Nakhon Pathom the same period, dating back some 1,000 years of history.
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Nakhon Pathom Pagoda
  Ratchavoraviharn Temple
  Ratchavoraviharn Nakhon Pathom Pagoda Temple is a royal monastery. The temple has Nakhon Pathom Pagoda - the biggest pagoda in Thailand. Nakhon Pathom Nakhon Pathom Pagoda is the official government marker.
  Nakhon Pathom Daito (Phra Pathom Chedi) is located 80 kilometers west of Bangkok, Thailand, Nakhon Pathom House. "Nakhon Pathom" in Pali word meaning "first city"; presidential towers Thai Buddha said, "who in the Paba system", meaning "the first pagoda." This is the world's Shwedagon Pagoda highest pagoda, about 130 meters high. One part of the spire of spiral 40 meters high, round bottom diameter of 57 meters. Base of the tower is two huge platform.
  Today's Nakhon Pathom pagoda was built in 1853, the reign of King Rama IV, in his order, the construction of a new pagoda top-down alternative to the original inverted bell top with Prang pagoda. The inverted bell-style pagoda and was built in the reign of King Asoka of India, Sanchi stupa style similar to, we can assume that the original pagoda can be traced back to AD 539. The construction of the new giant pagoda in the year 1870 is the reign of King Rama V completed. Construction time for the seventh year.
  In the royal command, the casting of a wax figure of Buddha statues. The casting process in 1913 were in the Temple of Phra Chettuphon. Later, giant Buddha statues are enshrined in the staircase at the top of the north side of the monastery. King of the Buddha named "Phra Rung Rodjanarith Sri-intharathit Thammamopas Mahavachiravuth Rachpuchaniyabopitr". Its roots in the treasure at the relics of King Rama VI.
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  1. lat.:  Nakhon Pathom
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