"Chaloem Phra Kiat Phra Ratchawong Chakkri Memorial"

[Lone Rider]

On my wanderings through the north of Thailand I found yesterday an interesting but also strange memorial called the "Chaloem Phra Kiat Phra Ratchawong Chakkri Memorial". It is located on road 1209 (coordinates: N20.03902 E99.94288). I have been trying to find more information on the Internet but nothing came up. The only thing, based on pictures hanging in one of the buildings, is that there is somehow a relation with the royal family, as the word Chakhri also suggests, as there are quite a few pictures of the king and the royal family.

Although the main gate was securely locked, the memorial is not abandoned as there were some 15 people taking care of the gardens, etc. so it is a "live" memorial. The lady who was pruning the bushes indicated that it was also called "Hor Thek Than" but that might be the name of one of the many buildings in the compound. In case anyone knows more about this memorial I would love to hear about it.

The main gate and here it looks like that the memorial is closed

The rear side of the main gate showing part of the replica of the "Great Wall of China"

The building which houses the pictures of the royal family

View from the grounds of the memorial

Some of the other buildings

This gentleman probably is involved with the whole memorial as he is pictured here with the queen and there was another picture of him next to the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand

 

[Ally]

What a valuable find Auke

Thank you for posting this.

I believe this link may help a little
Chakri Dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Ally

 

[2wheels]

Excellent find Auke.
Apparently some of the Thai script refers to 'the sixth anniversary' (of?).
Note the gun/cannon parapets.
Thanks for the co-ords too.

 

[KTMphil]

Another outstanding find. This is what I like about this forum, it's not just about how many trails you can ride, the knowledge base from contributors is immense.

 

[2wheels]

This is what I like about this forum ....

Exactly!
The willingness to share and the lack of egos announcing "when I was there 10 years ago blah, blah, blah ....... "

 

[bsacbob]

What a surprising find,thanks as always Auke.

 

[Lone Rider]

Found it by "accident" - did not want to take Rd 1 via Chiangrai on my way back from Chiangsaen to took a left somewhere which brought me on the 1209 where I first found a huge Chinese Buddha (will be in my trip report "Another Day - Another Trip" and this memorial. As I could not find anything on it on the web, I put it it in a separate post in the hope that others would know what/why/who put it here. My head was still spinning with what I had seen hat I forgot to turn of the 1209 and ended up at Rd 1 anyway close to the turnoff to the airport:LOL