Situated on the west banks of the Chao Phraya River, Wat Chaiwatthanaram is the last stop on the night ... king's visit to Ayutthaya. In order to illustrate the king' everyday life, the Thai ...

Today, few ruins are intact. Walking through the large expanse of the Ayutthaya Historical Park in the searing heat of the early afternoon, we saw roofless columns and crumbling walls and chedis (Thai ...

Today, the city attracts tourists from around the world who come to admire the ruins and stone Buddha statues at Ayutthaya, once the ancient capital of Thailand, then known as Siam. Half the ...

Criterion (iii): The Historic City of Ayutthaya bears excellent witness to the period of development of a true national Thai art. The integrity of the property as the ruins of the former Siamese ...