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THAILAND

Historic City of Ayutthaya

Let the remains tell you its past splendor

Year of Inscription: 1991

The 33 rulers of the Ayutthaya The major buildings in Wat

dynasty drew the architectural Maheyong are its chedi (stupa)

style of Khmer, Burma and and ubosot (ordination hall).

India and built about 500 The chedi’s platform is

Buddhist temples and supported by 80 sculptured

palaces. However, after the elephants.

war, mostly destroyed and left 菩斯⾥善佩寺 Wat Phra Si Sanphet

few in the ruins. The Buddha statue of (泰国 Thailand: 1994)

Ayutthaya Style focuses more

Wat Phra Si Sanphet was the on size and decoration with

holiest temple on the site of gold and jewellery rather than

the old Royal Palace in the face expression and

Ayutthaya until the city was posture. As a result, it was

completely destroyed by the robbed and destructed mainly

Burmese in 1767. It was the due to its valuable decoration.

grandest and most beautiful 玛和勇寺 Wat Maheyong

temple in the capital. (泰国 Thailand: 1994)