Monday 4 July 2011

Hundreds years of history in a week-end

Wat Mahathat
"For a brief but brilliant period (1238-1376), the walled city of Sukhothai presided as the capital of Thailand, creating the legacy of a unified nation of Thai peoples and a phenomenal artistic heritage". It's with these words that the Rough Guide opens its introduction to Sukhothai, an amazing place for history & architecture fans like me, and a beautiful place to visit strolling around solid monochrome stone temples and through the history of the first years of the Kingdom of Thailand. The old city of Sukhothai is a Historical Park and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1991. The reign of Sukhothai absorbed previous influences and local traditions, resulting in an architecture mixing elements inspired to the Singhalese and the Khmers. Religious Hindu and Buddhist elements coexist side by side. More details follow in this Sukhothai photoalbumA lovely time around ruins and lotus flowers!

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"Per un breve ma brillante periodo (1238-1376), la città fortificata di Sukhothai si impone come capitale della Tailandia, ponendo le basi del retaggio di una nazione unita del popolo Thai e di un fenomenale patrimonio artistico". E' con queste parole che la Rough Guide apre la sua introduzione su Sukhothai, un posto straordinario per gli appassionati di storia e architettura come me, e anche un bel luogo da visitare passeggiando tra solidi e monocromatici templi di pietra e tra i primi anni di storia del regno della Tailandia. La città antica di Sukhothai é un Parco Storico e patrimonio dell'umanità dal 1991. Grazie UNESCO. Il regno di Sukhothai ha assorbito influenze e tradizioni locali preesistenti, creando uno stile architettonico unico che mischia elementi ispirati ai regni singalese e khmer. Elementi delle religioni hindu e buddista coesistono fianco a fianco. Più dettagli seguono in foto nell'album Sukhothai. Una bella giornata tra rovine e fiori di loto!

4 comments:

  1. ma quanto è bella la mia titi!!! 999 by jechina

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  2. 'nca ti pari?! :P ma le hai viste le foto?? :)

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  3. Beautiful pictures in the photoalbum. Remarkable that worldwide all the statues, buildings, etc. remaining the religion are overwhelmingly. I wonder if the poor people (everywhere!!) who had to build these monuments, paid this with their few goods and with thier lives!!
    Interesting story again!

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  4. Thank you! You know what they say, religion was the glue of the masses before football...If here people paid these buildings with their life, I cannot say (my stories are always supposed to make you do your research ;)), but I suspect that they obeyed to their rulers as my students now obey to teacher!

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