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Location
  
Thailand

Criteria
  
iii

UNESCO region
  
Asia-Pacific

UNESCO World Heritage Site inscription
  
1991

Type
  
Cultural

Reference
  
576

Phone
  
+66 81 900 7442

Ayutthaya Historical Park

Address
  
Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand

Similar
  
Wat Phra Sri Sanphet, Wat Mahathat, Wat Chaiwatthanaram, Wat Phra Ram, Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon

Ayutthaya historical park


Ayutthaya Historical Park (Thai: อุทยานประวัติศาสตร์พระนครศรีอยุธยา (Pronunciation)) covers the ruins of the old city of Ayutthaya, Thailand. The city of Ayutthaya was founded by King Ramathibodi I in 1351. The city was captured by the Burmese in 1569. Though not pillaged, it lost "many valuable and artistic objects." It was the capital of the country until its destruction by the Burmese Army in 1767.

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In 1969 the Fine Arts Department began renovations of the ruins, which became more serious after it was declared a historical park in 1976. A part of the park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. Thirty-five kings ruled the Ayutthaya kingdom during its existence. King Narai (1656-1688) held court not only in Ayutthaya but also from his palace in the nearby city of Lopburi, from where he ruled for eight to nine months of the year.

Ayutthaya historical park filmed with dji drone


Park sites

  • Wat Chaiwatthanaram
  • Wat Kasatrathiraj
  • Wat Kudi Dao
  • Wat Lokayasutharam
  • Wat Mahathat
  • Wat Phanan Choeng
  • Wiharn Phra Mongkhon Bopit
  • Wat Phra Ram
  • Wat Phra Sri Sanphet
  • Wat Ratchaburana, Ayutthaya
  • Wat Chai Mongkhon
  • Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon
  • Phra Chedi Suriyothai
  • Ayutthaya historical Study Centre
  • Japanese Settlement
  • Wat Phu Khao Thong
  • Elephant Camp
  • UNESCO World Heritage Site

    In 1991, part of Ayutthaya Historical Park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site under criteria III as an excellent witness to the period of development of a true national Thai art. The inscribed area covered only 289 ha of the central and southwestern parts of Ayutthaya Island; as a result, only certain groups of historical sites are under UNESCO protection. The sites including Wat Ratchaburana, Wat Mahathat, Wat Phra Sri Sanphet, Wat Phra Ram, and Wiharn Phra Mongkhon Bopit. The sites that are not part of World Heritage sites are the sites beyond Ayutthaya Island, for example, Wat Yai Chai Mongkon, Wat Phanan Choeng, Wat Chaiwatthanaram, and Wat Phu Khao Thong.

    References

    Ayutthaya Historical Park Wikipedia


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