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| locmapin = Thailand}}Ayutthaya Historical Park ( (Pronunciation)) covers the ruins of the old city of Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. The city of Ayutthaya was founded by King Ramathibodi I in 1351,{{ref label|reference_name_a|a|a}} though it is likely to be significantly older, based on evidence showing that the area was already populated during the Mon Dvaravati period. Sources further mention that around 850 AD, the Khmers occupied the area and established a stronghold there, naming it Ayodhya, after one of the holiest Hindu cities in India of the same name. The early history of Ayutthaya is connected to this Khmer settlement.WEB,weblink History of Ayutthaya - Temples & Ruins - Wat Ayodhya, www.ayutthaya-history.com, 2020-03-16, WEB,weblink History of Ayutthaya - Temples & Ruins - Wat Thammikarat, www.ayutthaya-history.com, 2020-03-16, Additionally, Prince Damrong has also attested to the existence of a city named Ayodhya, founded by the Khmers ruling from Lopburi at the point where the three rivers meet.JOURNAL, Kasetsiri, Charnvit, July 1979, The Rise of Ayudhya: A History of Siam in the Fourteenth to Fifteenth Centuries,weblink 31, An excavation map shows traces of an ancient baray (water reservoir) close to the southwestern tip of Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon, which could have been built on a former important Khmer temple complex.WEB,weblink History of Ayutthaya - Temples & Ruins - Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon, www.ayutthaya-history.com, 2020-03-16, The city was captured by the Burmese in 1569. Though not pillaged, it lost "many valuable and artistic objects."Chakrabongse, C., 1960, Lords of Life, London: Alvin Redman Limited{{rp|42–43}} It was the capital of the country until its destruction by the Burmese army in 1767.WEB, Historic City of Ayutthaya - UNESCO World Heritage Centre,weblink UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 24 August 2012, In 1969, the Fine Arts Department of Thailand began renovations of the ruins, scaling up the project after the site was declared a historical park in 1976. Part of the park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991.WEB, Ayutthaya, Thailand,weblinkweblink" title="archive.today/20130127024554weblink">weblink dead, 27 January 2013, KhaoSanRoad.com, 25 August 2012,

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 Yai Chai Mongkhon
• Phra Chedi Suriyothai
• Ayutthaya Historical Study Centre
• Japanese village
• Baan Hollanda (Dutch village)
• Wat Phu Khao Thong
• Elephant camp

Gallery

File:Templo Phra Si Sanphet, Ayutthaya, Tailandia, 2013-08-23, DD 02.jpg|Chedi of Wat Phra Sri SanphetFile:Templo Mahathat, Ayutthaya, Tailandia, 2013-08-23, DD 08.jpg|Wat MahathatFile:ワット・ラーチャブーラナ.JPG|Wat RatchaburanaFile:Templo Yanasen, Ayutthaya, Tailandia, 2013-08-23, DD 02.jpg|Wat YanasenFile:Templo Phra Ram, Ayutthaya, Tailandia, 2013-08-23, DD 04.jpg|Wat Phra RamFile:Templo Thammikarat, Ayutthaya, Tailandia, 2013-08-23, DD 08.jpg|Wat ThammikaratFile:Wat_Phra_Sri_Sanphet,_Ayutthaya_Historical_Park,_Thailand.jpg|Wat Phra Sri SanphetFile:Historic City of Ayutthaya-111233.jpg|The head of Buddha, Wat MahathatFile:Historic City of Ayutthaya-111235.jpg|Altar in Wat ChaiwatthanaramFile:Historic City of Ayutthaya-111237.jpg|Headless statuesFile:Sunset at Wat Chaiwatthanaram, Ayutthaya, Thailand.jpg|Wat ChaiwatthanaramFile:Templo Mahathat, Ayutthaya, Tailandia, 2013-08-23, DD 21.jpg|The head of Buddha, Wat Mahathat

See also

• Ayutthaya Kingdom

Notes

{{note label|reference_name_a|a|a}} The city was founded on Friday, the 6th day of the waxing moon of the 5th month, 1893 Buddhist Era, corresponding to Friday, 4 March 1351 Common Era, according to the calculation of the Fine Arts Department of Thailand.BOOK, Prachum Phongsawadan Chabap Kanchanaphisek Lem Nueng, th:ประชุมพงศาวดาร ฉบับกาญจนาภิเษก เล่ม ๑, Golden Jubilee Collection of Historical Archives, Volume 1, 1999, Fine Arts Department of Thailand, Bangkok, 9744192151, th, 211, Rotchanaratha, Wina,

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Ayutthaya Historical Park}}

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• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120621104735weblink">Thai Tourism Authority: official Ayutthaya historical park website
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130107000826weblink">Ayutthaya.net: Ayutthaya Attractions
• UNESCO: Official Ayutthaya website

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