Ayutthaya     Ayutthaya province, Central regien of Thailand , it is away from Bangkok around 120 kms to the north. Ayutthaya was the old capital of Thailand before Bangkok and it is actually the second capital of Thailand. The story started in 1350 AD When King Utong established Ayutthaya to be the new capital of thailand after moving from the old capital, Sukothai. Ayutthaya had prospered for 417 years and had already 33 Kings. The last king of Ayutthaya dynasty was King Erkatat in 1767 AD , when Ayutthaya was sacked by Burmese and destroyed the country and put fire on the palaces and Buddha images in order to take gold back to Burma. So Now leaving the bricks and foundations. Ayutthaya not being far from the sea has hot and dry climate the year round.  There is however annual flooding reaching a high in November. The area remain flooded for six months of the year. As a result, the people of Ayutthaya both past and present adopted a water culture.  Rice is the principal crop of the flood plain.     Wihan Phra Mongkhon Bophit, The buddhist temple situated in front of the Ayutthaya Palace, But Thais usaully call temple is "Wat", but Wihan Phra Mongkhon Bophit is special because it is used to house the biggest bronze buddha image in Thailand called "Phra Mongkhon Bophit" only. Inside don' t have the place for the monk to perform the buddhist ceremony like the other Buddist Temples. Not a lot is know about this place. The buddha image inside is made of bronze. As far as is known it  has always been black and for a long time gold leaf was prohibited. From the square jaw we can assume it is early Ayutthaya period. The hall was first built during the  reign of King Song Tham when he moved the bronze image from somewhere east of the palace to south where it is now. Damaged by fire when Ayutthaya fell to the Burmese in 1767, it was restored in 1920 by King Rama VI, and has been renovated several times since then.                                                Wat Phra Si Sanphet & Wat Chai Watthanaram      Wat Phra Si Sanphet, Situated in the area of the Ayutthaya Grand Palace as same as Emural Buddha temple is in the area of the Grand Palace in Bangkok. The story began when King Borom Trai Lokonath gifted the old palace grounds to Buddhism in 1448 , it was only during the following reign that the compound was built upon. First the main relic tower were built, in 1492, and then the main hall in 1499. In the following year a Golden standing Buddha image, 16 metres height and cover with gold 171 kilograms was installed in the hall. This Golden image Phra Si Sanphet was destroyed when Burmese sacked Ayutthaya. The three bell type tower that still stand house the relics of earlier kings.         Wat Chai Watthanaram, King Prasat Thong has this built in 1673, the first year of his reign. The site may have been that of his mother 's residence. There is some evidence of influence from the art of Angkor Combodia was at the time a tributary state of Ayutthaya. Prasat Nakhon Luang is another example of this type of architecture. The principal Prang (Tower) and the veranda around the Prang serves to mark off its area. The veranda is interrupted, on each side of the Prang (Tower), by Meru for each of the four main directions, and at each of its four corners, by a Meru for each of the four other directions.