Once the jewel of Siam, Ayutthaya now lies in silence, its streets soaked in blood and its temples crumbling under the weight of history. Execution grounds, ruined chedis, and desecrated monasteries bear witness to the brutal fall at the hands of the Burmese army, where kings, monks, and nobles met violent ends. The shadows of the city are said to whisper with the voices of the betrayed and the slain, a restless reminder that even in ruin, Ayutthaya’s dark legacy refuses to f

In 1925, King Rama VI transformed a patch of Bangkok’s then quiet outskirts into a space meant for both education and recreation. Although his original vision of a museum never materialized, the area gradually became the city’s first public park. He named it Lumphini, after the birthplace of the Buddha in Nepal, symbolising a deep respect for Thai culture and heritage amid a period of rapid modernisation.