Lopburi

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Lopburi

Lopburi is the capital city of Lopburi Province

Lopburi Province

Lop Buri is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phetchabun Province, Chaiyaphum Province, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Saraburi Province, Ayutthaya Province, Ang Thong Province, Sing Buri Province and Nakhon Sawan Province....
in Thailand

Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
. It is located about 150 km north-east of Bangkok

Bangkok

The city of Bangkok is the Capital , largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and came to the forefront of Thailand when it was given the status as the...
. As of 2006 it has a population of 26,500. The town (thesaban mueang) covers the whole tambon
Tambon

Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2000 census there are 7254 tambon, not including the 154 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every Amphoe contains 8-10 tambon....
Tha Hin and parts of Thale Chup Son of Mueang Lopburi district, a total area of 6.85 km².

The city has a long history, dating back into the Dvaravati

Dvaravati

The Dvaravati kingdom existed from the 6th to the 11th centuries. The Kingdom was then absorbed by the growing Lavo and Suphanburi kingdoms. The people of the kingdom used the ancient Mon language, but whether they were ethnically Mon people is unknown....
period more than 1000 years ago, when it was known as Lavo

Lavo

Known as Lavo during most of its history, Lopburi province is one of the most important cities in the Thai history of Thailand. The city has a long history, dating back into the prehistory period since the bronze age of more than 3,500 years ago....
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Lopburi is the capital city of Lopburi Province

Lopburi Province

Thailand

Bangkok

Dvaravati

Lavo

Khmer Empire

The Khmer Empire was the largest empire of South East Asia based in what is now Cambodia. The empire, which seceded from the kingdom of Chenla, at times ruled over and/or vassalised parts of modern-day Laos, Thailand,Vietnam, Myanmar, and Malaysia....
incorporated it, they destroyed all former buildings, so that the oldest ruins that can now be found in Lopburi are Khmer temples. It later became part of the Thai kingdoms and, during the reign of King Narai

Narai

Narai became king of the Ayutthaya kingdom or Siam, today's Thailand, in 1656. His reign saw a major expansion of diplomatic missions to and from Western powers, most notably France, England, and the Vatican....
the Great of the Ayutthaya kingdom

Ayutthaya kingdom

The kingdom of Ayutthaya was a Thai people kingdom that existed from 1351 to 1767. Ayutthaya was friendly towards foreign traders, including the Han Chinese, Vietnamese , Indo-Aryans, Japanese people and Persians, and later the Portuguese people, Spanish people, Dutch and French people, permitting them to set up villages outside the city wa...
in the middle of the 17th century, Lopburi even served as the second capital, with a second summer palace, King Narai's Palace

King Narai's Palace

The King Narai's Palace in Lopburi was built by King Narai the Great, the king who ruled Ayutthaya kingdom from 1656 to 1688. He ordered to build the palace in 1666 in the same area of King Ramesuan's Palace....
. The king stayed here for about eight months a year.

Today the city is most famous for the hundreds of Crab-Eating Macaque

Crab-eating Macaque

The Crab-eating Macaque is a primarily arboreal macaque native to Southeast Asia. It is also called the Cynomolgus Monkey, Philippine Monkey and the Long-tailed Macaque....
s (Macaca fascicularis) that live in the middle of the city, especially around the Khmer temple, Prang Sam Yot, and a Khmer shrine, Sarn Phra Karn. They are fed by the local people, especially during the Monkey Festival in November. Because they are not afraid of humans, they steal whatever food they can find from unwary diners.

Prang Sam Yot, originally a Hindu shrine, has three prang
Prang (architecture)

A prang is a tall finger-like spire, usually richly carved. This was a common feature of Khmer people religious architecture and was later adopted by Thailand builders, typically in the Ayutthaya Kingdom and Bangkok periods....
s that represent Brahma

Brahma

Brahma is the Hinduism god of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. He is not to be confused with the Supreme Cosmic Spirit in Hindu Vedanta philosophy known as Brahman....
, Vishnu

Vishnu

Vishnu , , is the Supreme God in Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of panchadeva, and his supreme status is declared in the Hindu sacred texts like Yajurveda, the Rigveda and the Bhagavad Gita....
, and Shiva

Shiva

Shiva: is a major Hinduism god, and one aspect of Trimurti. In the Shaiva tradition of Hinduism, Shiva is seen as the supreme God. In the Smarta tradition, he is one of panchadeva....
(the Hindu trinity). It was later converted to a Buddhist shrine.

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