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Sanam Chan Palace in Nakhon Pathom is suitable to be the location of Silpakorn University with an abundance of Thai style architecture making it an idol space as a university campus. Silpakorn University is presently under the supervision of the Office of the Higher Education Commission, the Ministry of Education and was originally established as the School of Fine Arts under the Fine Arts Department in 1933. Its inception and development owed much to an almost lifetime devotion of Professor Silpa Bhirasri, an Italian sculptor (previously called Professor Corrado Feroci) who was commissioned during the reign of King Rama VI to work in the Fine Arts Department. Silpakorn University also extends the educational capacity through establishing a new campus in Phetchaburi Province for promoting