Ayutthaya Historical Park, Thailand Sep 9, 2023

Ayutthaya Historical Park, Thailand

When the sun sets over Thailand, the Wat Chaiwatthanaram Buddhist temple lights up to welcome the night at the Ayutthaya Historical Park. These ruins are evidence of the area"s rich history as the capital of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, which grew in power between the 14th and 18th centuries to rule Siam, or present-day Thailand. Around 1630, Wat Chaiwatthanaram was built on the orders of the dynasty"s King Prasat Thong, to symbolize the center of the universe and connote his aspiration to become the future Buddha.

© Weerasak Saeku/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Sep 9, 2018Welcome to ‘Hollywood North’
Sep 9, 2019A toast to California!
Sep 9, 2020Where the bearded reedling sings
Sep 9, 2021Islands of the Salish Sea
Sep 9, 2022Belize Barrier Reef
Sep 9, 2024Iguazu Falls at the border of Argentina and Brazil
Sep 9, 2025A Eurasian red squirrel in Switzerland

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Aug 19, 2025Solar Impulse 2 in Honolulu
Jun 26, 2025Horse Head Rock, New South Wales, Australia
Oct 18, 2022The Guggenheim Bilbao turns 25
Nov 26, 2024Celebrating World Olive Tree Day
Oct 6, 2023Taughannock Falls State Park
Feb 1, 2018Stuben am Arlberg, Austria
Mar 30, 2025Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Jan 29, 2020Staircase of turquoise pools
Nov 29, 2024Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, France
Dec 19, 2019Winter at Valley Forge
May 10, 2021An ancient sailing tradition takes to the water
Dec 19, 2022Northern cardinal in winterberry bush
Jun 30, 2020We re gonna need a bigger birdhouse
Dec 5, 2024Tufa formations in Mono Lake, California
Apr 4, 2022Norway s Kjeragbolten boulder
Apr 16, 2022National Park Week begins
Apr 29, 2020Spring comes to the Palouse
Sep 12, 2019Astrotourism at its finest
Dec 16, 2020Beethoven s 250th
Nov 11, 2019On a Healing Field for Veterans Day
Jan 21, 2020Observing a squirrelly day
May 28, 2025World Otter Day
Nov 22, 2018Tom Turkey takes Manhattan
Jun 18, 2024Lupine fields, Snæfellsnes, Iceland
Apr 25, 2022World Penguin Day
Feb 12, 2018National Museum of African American History and Culture
May 23, 2021A palace for the public
Aug 6, 2025Kalalau Beach on the Nā Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii
Sep 28, 2025The town of Pienza in Tuscany, Italy
Jun 22, 2019Reflections on the mighty Amazon