Bang Pa-in Palace - Ayutthaya
Bang Pa-In Palace is located on the Chao Phraya River bank in Bang Pa-In district, Ayutthaya Province. The Palace was built by King Prasat Thong also known as the Summer Palace. Bang Pa-In Palace was build in 1632, and though it lay empty and overgrown throughout the late 18th and early 19th century, King Mongkut began to restore the site in the mid-1800s. Most of the present buildings were constructed between 1872 and 1889 by King Chulalongkorn. Bang Pa-In Palace comprises a collection of buildings of various ages and various architectural styles surrounded by a lake. Bang Pa-In was the residence of all the kings in the Ayutthaya period but it was let unoccupied when Bangkok became the capital. The facilities include vast gardens and landscaping, Wehart Chamrunt , a Chinese-style Royal Palace and throne room; the Warophat Phiman, a royal residence; Ho Withun Thasana , a brightly-painted lookout tower; and the Aisawan Thiphya-Art , a pavilion constructed in the middle of a pond. Visi