Muang Boran

(video 1998, Bangkog, Thailand). Outside of Bangkok, on the old road to the beach resort of Pattaya, lies a relatively little known park dedicated to preserving Thai cultural heritage in the form of the many significant buildings and historical places from throughout the country. Founded by a rich Thai gentleman (recently deceased) the "Ancient City" (Muang Boran in Thai) is well worth a visit. Taking up 320 acres of land, roughly in the shape of Thailand, the huge park reproduces -- usually on a smaller scale -- important buildings from around Thailand. There are over 100 monuments collected or reproduced. Some of them are reconstructions of buildings that no longer exist. Other buildings are examples of traditional vernacular architecture that were scheduled to be demolished and instead were purchased by the Ancient City, dismantled and reconstructed in the park. The panorama above left was taken from a small scale reproduction of Khao Pra Viharn, a mountain-top temple on the Cambodian border



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