Chanthaburi City Pillar Shrine is located in front of Taksin Camp, on Tha Luang Road, in Mueang District, Chanthaburi Province. There is still no evidence on when the shrine was built or who built the shrine. However, it is assumed that King Taksin had it built when he came to Chanthaburi Province, in order to gather his people and provisions before leading the army to restore Krung Si Ayutthaya. According to the book of King Taksin’s biography, King Taksin gained Chanthaburi Province on Sunday the 3rd day of the waning moon of the 7th lunar month in the year of the pig, or 1129 Thai minor era, which is June 14, 1767 B.E. If this assumption is true, it can be concluded that Chanthaburi City Pillar Shrine might be constructed around 1767 B.E. Nevertheless, the city pillar shrine at present is not the same shrine with the one that King Taksin had built about 250 years ago. The old one was probably made of laterite, which still has traces in a dilapidated condition. Bodhi trees and Siamese rough bushes (Koi trees) have grown and covered the shrine, making it look different from the past.