It is located to the east and not far from Wat Phra
Pathom Chedi. At present, it houses the Nakhon Pathom Municipality.
Prince Damrong Rachanuphab mentioned the reason for building this
palace in the book “Tamnaan Wang Gao” (or Tales of the Old Palaces)
that during the renovation of Phra Pathom Chedi, it was inconvenient to
come and go from Bangkok to Nakhon Pathom within a day, thus staying
overnight was obligatory. Under the royal command of King Rama IV, the
palace was built near the Phra Pathom Chedi, similar in concept to
those palaces in the Ayutthaya period whereby the King commanded that a
palace be built on the perimeter of the temple housing the Phra
Buddhabat (Buddha’s Foot Print). The palace was given the name “Phra
Nakhon Pathom” and the canals of Mahasawas and Chedi Bucha were dug to
facilitate commuting by boat between Bangkok and Nakhon Pathom.
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