Phetchaburi

Province

Phetchaburi ( Thai: เพชรบุรี, pronounced [ p ʰ ʰ étt͡ɕ áʔbùʔri ː ], colloquially [ p ʰ étbùʔri ː ] translates: " diamond city " ) is the capital of the district ( Amphoe ) Mueang Phetchaburi and Phetchaburi Province. The Phetchaburi Province is located in the southwestern part of the central region of Thailand.

Location

Phetchaburi is surrounded by high mountain ranges, about ten kilometers from the mouth of Maenam Phetchaburi in the Gulf of Thailand and about 170 kilometers southwest of the provincial capital of Bangkok.

The main river in the district is the Phetchaburi River, which splits the sea in three arms: Bang Tabun Noi, Bang Yai and Bang Tabun ( Ban ) Laem. However, it can not be driven by larger boats and even ships.

Traffic

Road

Phetchaburi is situated on the National Highway 4 ( Thanon Phetkasem ). By car or bus the journey takes about 2 hours to Bangkok.

Rail traffic

• Petchaburi station ( south line )

History

Phetchaburi has a long and rich history. Originally Phetchaburi was probably a settlement of Mon ( 8th century ). In the course of propagation of the Khmer city in the 11th century was a religious center. After King Ramkhamhaeng Phetchaburi had wrested from the Khmer and the Kingdom of Sukhothai had incorporated, she came to the demise of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya. A bizarre interruption of history, the city enjoyed taking by Japanese pirates in 1610, which declared their independence. About 200 years ago the city was close to the sea, but it is separated by the strong sedimentation of Maenam Phetchaburi from the sea.

Beginning of the 19th century there existed a weak attachment of wood, which served to protect against the Burmese along with the Siamese occupation. At that time there were quite often conflict between the people of Phetchaburi and the garrison, which was apparently to provide massive. The government in Bangkok exhorted the soldiers, therefore, to stir up any controversy.

1831 and 1832, the government sent men from Phetchaburi Songkhla to fight against insurgents in Pattani.

Attractions

• Phra Nakhon Khiri - Royal Palace of King Mongkut on the 95 m high mountain Khao Wang; built in 1853/1860 in European- neoclassical style for astronomical research of the king. King Chulalongkorn used the palace often for the reception of state guests. Today, the palace is a museum of archaeological and art objects. - The palace is ( with temple and observatory ) On the western hills of the three hilly mountain; on an average hill, a white chedi, and on the north-eastern hills of the temple Wat Phra Kaeo Noi ( in Thai: วัด พระ แก้ว น้อย ) with a dunklelrot coated Prang.
• Phra Ram Ratchaniwet Palace ( in Thai: พระราม ราช นิเวศน์ ) - popularly use simple Ban Puen Palace ( วัง บ้าน ปืน ) ( and sometimes referred to as Phra Ratchawang Ban Peun ) - is a palace villa, king Chulalongkorn shortly before his death in 1910 order had been given. It is located in the southeast of the urban area of ​​Phetchaburi, within a military installation. The completed around 1916 Art Deco building of the German architect Karl Döring recalls from afar to the theaters of Oskar Kaufmann, which were very popular in Germany in those years. A green tiled, built a helix-like staircase, supported by columns and topped by a partially glazed dome, is the focal point of the building; the dining room on the upper floor, however, is lined with yellow tiles.
• Wat Yai Suwannaram ( Thai: วัด ใหญ่ สุวรรณาราม ) - the most beautiful Buddhist temple in the city. Worth seeing: the Viharn from the 17th century with frescoes from the Ayutthaya period, old library (Hor Trai ) on stilts in a picturesque lake with lots of fish, ...
• Wat Ko Kaeo Sutharam - Monastery ( Wat ) on the banks of Maenam Phetchaburi, built on stilts and barely changed for centuries, wall painting of a Jesuit in the garb of a Buddhist monk.
• Wat Mahathat Worawihan ( Thai: วัด มหาธาตุ วรวิหาร ) - monastery in Ayutthaya style with a slim, central Prang, who towers over the old city.
• Wat Khamphaeng Laeng ( Thai: วัดกำแพง แลง ) - dilapidated monastery ruins of the Khmer stone wall and laterite prang from the 12th century. One of the Prang encloses a footprint of the Buddha.

Wat Yai Suwannaram

Wat Mahathat

Phra Thinang Wechayan Wichien Prasat Khao Wang on the

Prang at Wat Khamphaeng Laeng

Sao Lak Mueang Phetchaburi