Ayutthaya Historical Park, one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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Ayuttha was a Siamese kingdom that existed from 1351 to 1767.
Ayutthaya was friendly towards foreign traders, including the Chinese, Vietnamese, Indians, Japanese and Persians, and later the Portuguese, Spaniards, Dutch and French, permitting them to set up villages outside the walls of the capital, also called Ayutthaya.
In the sixteenth century, it was described by foreign traders as one of the biggest and wealthiest cities in the East. The court of King Narai (1656-88) had strong links with that of King Louis XIV of France, whose ambassadors compared the city in size and wealth to Paris.
The Ayutthaya Historical Park covers the ruins of the old city of Ayutthaya, Thailand.
The city of Ayutthaya was founded by King Ramathibodi I in 1350. The city was captured by the Burmese in 1569, though not pillaged, it lost many valuable and artistic objects.
It was the capital of the country until its destruction by the Burmese army in 1767.
In 1969 the Fine Arts Department began with renovations of the ruins, which became more serious after it was declared a historical park in 1976.
A part of the park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. Thirty-five kings ruled the Ayutthaya kingdom during its existence.
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