The army will build a grand park in Hua Hin district of Prachuap Khiri Kan to honour all Thai kings.
Army deputy spokesperson Sirichan Ngathong said on Wednesday that army commander-in-chief Udomdej Sitabutr intended the park to demonstrate the people's loyalty to the royal institution. It will be located on 222 rai of land in an army compound near the Klai Kangwon Palace.
His Majesty the King has approved the project and named the park Rajabhakti Park which meant the park that was created with loyalty to the monarch, Col Sirichan said.
The park would also function as a venue for important ceremonies of the army and other agencies and be a tourist destination and place for public education on Thai history, she said.
In the compound, there will be 13.9-metre-tall bronze statues of seven former kings -- King Ramkhamhaeng the Great, King Naresuan the Great, King Narai the Great, King Taksin the Great, King Buddha Yodfa Chulalok the Great, King Mongkut and King Chulalongkorn.
There will also be a 91-rai yard for important ceremonies of the army and other agencies and a museum and exhibition centre under the kings' statues to display the profiles and contributions of all former Thai kings.
The remaining 126 rai will be for landscape gardening and public utilities.
The park cost was estimated at about 700 million baht and the army would raise donations to pay it, Col Sirichan said.
The army was receiving donations via its welfare fund account number 077-1-07474-7 at TMB bank.