Ayuthaya: old historic capital of Siam

Ayuthaya, about 85 km north of Bangkok,

was the capital of Siam from 1350 till 1767,

when Burma conquered the city

33 kings of Siam reigned here. 

At its peak (about 1700) it had one million inhabitants.

Out of this area, there are many old wats (temple-monasteries).

To the Ayuthaya pictures