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Ayutthaya (full name Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thai พระนครศรีอยุธยา, pronounced eye-you-TEE-a) is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Ang Thong, Lopburi, Saraburi, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Nakhon Pathom and Suphanburi.
The name Ayutthaya derives from the Ayodhya of the Ramayana epic.
1 Geography
Ayutthaya is located in the flat river plain of the Chao Phraya river valley. Additional the Lopburi and Pasak make the province a major rice farming area.
2 History
Ayutthaya was the capital of Thailand (then called Siam) from 1350Events Hayam Wuruk becomes ruler of the Majapahit Empire The Black Death ravages Europe (1347-1351) Births Manuel II Palaeologus, future Byzantine Emperor John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (approximate date). Deaths March 27 King Alfonso XI of Castile until it was sacked by the BurmeseThe Union of Myanmar is a country in Southeast Asia, formerly known as Burma . The name of the country was changed in 1989, and this change of name has been officially recognized by the United Nations. Some national governments, such as the United States army in 1767Events The Burmese invasion reaches the Thai capital of Ayutthaya, razing it. North Carolina woodsman Daniel Boone goes through the Cumberland Gap and reaches Kentucky in defiance of a decree from King George III. He discovers a rich hunting ground, conte. This period of Thai historyWat Arun (Temple of Dawn) in Bangkok, erected by King Taksin the Great in 1769 The history of Thailand begins with the migration of the Thais into what is now Thailand during the first millennium. Prior to this, bronze and iron age civilisations had exist is now usually referred as the Ayutthaya period or Ayutthaya kingdomThe kingdom of Ayutthaya was a Thai kingdom that existed from the 1350 to 1767. King Ramathibodi I (Uthong) founded Ayutthaya as the capital of his kingdom in 1350 and absorbed Sukhothai, 640 km to the north, in 1376. Over the next four centuries the king. The ruins of the old capital in the Ayutthaya historical parkThe Ayutthaya historical park covers the ruins of the old city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, which was the capital of the country until its destruction by the Burmese army in 1767. In 1969 the Fine Arts Department has begun with renovations of the ruins, which are now a UNESCO World Heritage SiteA UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain range, lake, desert, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated for the international World Heritage program administered by UNESCO. The program aims to catalogue, name,. The province is also home to the Bang Pa-In summer palace complex.
