Ayutthaya (ceety)

Ayutthaya (full name Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, , ; an aa spelled "Ayudhya") is the caipital o the Ayutthaya province in Thailand. The ceety wis foondit in 1350 bi Keeng U Thong, who went there tae escape a smapox ootbreak in Lop Buri an proclaimed it the caipital o his kinrick, aften referred tae as the Ayutthaya Kinrick or Siam. It is estimatit that Ayutthaya bi the year 1600 CE haed a population o aboot 300,000, wi the population aiblins reachin 1,000,000 aroond 1700 CE, makin it ane o the warld's lairgest ceeties at that time.George Modelski, World Cities: –3000 to 2000, Washington DC: FAROS 2000, 2003.  ISBN 978-0-9676230-1-6.  See also Evolutionary World Politics Homepage .

In 1767 the ceety wis destroyed bi the Burmese airmy, resultin in the collapse o the kinrick. The ruins o the auld ceety nou form the Ayutthaya historical pairk, which is recognized internaitionally as a UNESCO Warld Heritage Site. The ceety wis refoondit a few kilometers tae the east. The ceety is sometimes cawed "Venice o the East".

Etymologie
Ayutthaya is namit efter the ceety o Ayodhya in Indie, the birthplace o Rama in the Ramayana (Thai, Ramakien);  is a Thai ryal an noble title;  designates an important or caipital ceety; Thai honorific Sri or Si is frae the Indian term o veneration Sri.

Ayutthaya Toun Centre
Ayutthaya Historical Study Centre
Ayutthaya Rajabhat Varsity (ARU)
Chan Kasem Palace
Chao Sam Phraya National Museum
Wang Luang
Wat Chai Watthanaram
Wat Lokaya Sutharam
Wat Mahathat
Wat Na Phra Men
Wat Phanan Choeng
Wat Phra Ram
Wat Phra Si Sanphet
Wat Phutthaisawan
Wat Phuttai Sawan
Wat Ratchaburana
Wat Suwan Dararam
Wat Thammikarat
Wihan Phra Mongkhon Bophit
St. Joseph's Kirk
Baan Hollanda Information Center

The ceety is locatit at the junction o the Chao Phraya, Lopburi an Pa Sak rivers, an on the main north-sooth railway linkin Chiang Mai tae Bangkok. The auld ceety is on an island formit bi a bend o the Chao Phraya on the wast an sooth sides, the Pa Sak on the east side an the Klong Muang canal on the northren side.

The approximate centre o the auld ceety is 

References

Category:Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province
Category:Populatit places in Thailand
Category:1350 establishments
Category:Populatit places established in the 1350s
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