A statue of King Taksin graces the militarycamp named after him. The compound covers not just part of the old town, where Chanthaburi Fort and the Governor’s Residence once stood, but also the site where King Taksin ordered his troops to destroy their rice pots before attacking the fort in 1767. Over a century later, the area was the seat of power of the French army during its occupation of Chanthaburi from 1893 to 1903. Their colonial buildings have been turned into museums. In the area, thereare also old Chinese graves. Chanthaburihas seen seen several migrations of Chineseimmigrants, chiefly from Vietnam.