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Ho Phisaishalayalakshna
Keywords : Ho Phisaishalayalakshna, Candrakasem Palace
| Site common name | Candrakasem Palace |
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| Type of artwork | Architecture |
| Sub district | Hua Ro |
| District | Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya |
| Province | Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya |
| Region | Central |
| Country | Thailand |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 14.3646377 Long : 100.575061 |
| Geographic Coordinates UTM | Zone : 47 P Hemisphere : N E : 669839.43 N : 1588633.3 |
| Place of artwork | Inside the Candrakasem National Museum |
| History of production | Ho Phisaishalayalakshna was built in the reign of King Rama IV. |
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| Conservation | Ho Phisaishalayalakshna was listed and declared an ancient monument in the Government Gazette, no.52 section 75 on the 8th March 1935. The excavation of Candrakasem Palace in 2003 showed that Ho Phisaishalayalakshna was built upon the old Ayutthaya building’s basement. |
| Art | Ho Phisaishalayalakshna is a four-storey brick-and-stucco tower on a large platform in a square plan which has a veranda at the basement. Its arcade wall supporting the framework. The tower looks like attached towers; one has hipped roof and another one has flat roof. A spiral staircase inside the tower is leading to the upper storey, while the second floor has a balcony with ceramic balustrade. The archwindows have wooden boards while the uppermost floor has open windows. |
| Key academic information | Ho Phisaishalayalakshna is a astronomical observing tower when he stayed in Candrakasem Palace, Phra Nakhon Sri Ayutthaya. The conception and construction technic are influnced by the European Art. |
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | Rattanakosin |
| Age | 20th century AD |
| Religion and belief | The Royal Court Custom |
| Related artwork | Other astronomical observing towers and symbols of Siames mean time in the same reign, such as Ho Jajavalaviangjaya at Phra Nakhon Khiri in Petchaburi and Bhuvadoldasnaya Throne Hall and the clock tower in the Grand Palace. |
| Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
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| Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
| Date of record creation | 2015-04-28 |
| Record creator | Patsaweesiri Premkulanan |
| Bibliography | ศิลปากร, กรม. ทะเบียนโบราณสถาน. กรุงเทพฯ : กรมศิลปากร, 2532. พัสวีสิริ เปรมกุลนันท์. พระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ กรมขุนราชสีหวิกรมกับงานช่างหลวงในสมัยรัชกาลที่ 4. นครปฐม : โรงพิมพ์มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร, 2555. |
