Bangkok - Ancient Siam

Ancient Siam (formerly known every bit Ancient City)(Thai: เมืองโบราณ, Mueang Boran) is a common constructed nether the patronage of Lek Viriyaphant in addition to spreading over 200 acres (0.81 km2) inwards the shape of Thailand.

The founder's master persuasion was to practice a golf game class alongside miniatures of Thailand's historically meaning structures spread around the course. During his query he establish virtually structures beingness severely damaged over fourth dimension in addition to decided instead of creating novel miniatures to salvage the master structures when possible or re-creating them amount size or scaled down.

Ancient Siam is dubbed every bit the world's largest outdoor museum. Situated closed to the Crocodile Farm inwards Samut Prakan province, the 320-hectare metropolis features 116 structures of Thailand's famous monuments in addition to architectural attractions. The grounds of Ancient Siam check roughly to the shape of the Kingdom, alongside each of the monuments lying at their right places geographically. Some of the buildings are life-size replicas of existing or one-time sites, piece others are scaled down.

The replicas were constructed alongside the assistance of experts from the National Museum to ensure historical accuracy. Outstanding industrial plant include the one-time Grand Palace of Ayutthaya (destroyed inwards the Burmese invasion of 1767), Phimai Sanctuary inwards Nakhon Ratchasima, in addition to Wat Khao Phra Viharn on the Cambodian border.