Temple ruins in Ayutthaya by junge1
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Description
These ruins are the remnants of a once mighty city. Ayutthaya was founded in 1350 by King U-Thong and became the capital of the kingdom with the same name. In the next four centuries the kingdom expanded and became the the kingdom of Siam.
By the end of the 17th century Ayutthaya's population had reached one million and the city had three palaces and 400 splendid temples. During its heyday, Thai culture and international commerce flourished in the kingdom. Ayutthaya was courted by Dutch, Portuguese, French, English, Chines and Japanese merchant.
In 1767, after a 15-month siege the city was destroyed by the Burmese.
This picture was taken in November 1967 and later scanned.
Thank you for the comments and suggestions to my previous upload. They are much appreciated.
Comments (9)
artaddict2
Thanks I enjoyed reading a very interesting history lesson to go with this amazing photo. This place looks like a photographers dream. Please post more of your superb photography from back then. (1967 I was only 10 years old).
Liam.
Amazing piece of architecture. Great shot.
Mondwin
Absolutely marvelous capture...bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx
Valerie-Ducom
beautiful ! Good day :)
amlondono
Sig , beautiful photo , like a dream , Ana
Hendesse
Very interesting architecture. Great photo, thanks for sharing!
mark.spooner
Excellent.
Valentin
This is a very interesting piece of history and the astounding architecture is amazing!
leanndra
Some things stand the test of time. These are glorious buildings, if only they could talk, but they stand in mute testimony to history. Lea