Ayutthaya Historical Park, Thailand Sep 9, 2023

Ayutthaya Historical Park, Thailand

When the sun sets over Thailand, the Wat Chaiwatthanaram Buddhist temple lights up to welcome the night at the Ayutthaya Historical Park. These ruins are evidence of the area"s rich history as the capital of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, which grew in power between the 14th and 18th centuries to rule Siam, or present-day Thailand. Around 1630, Wat Chaiwatthanaram was built on the orders of the dynasty"s King Prasat Thong, to symbolize the center of the universe and connote his aspiration to become the future Buddha.

© Weerasak Saeku/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Sep 9, 2018Welcome to ‘Hollywood North’
Sep 9, 2019A toast to California!
Sep 9, 2020Where the bearded reedling sings
Sep 9, 2021Islands of the Salish Sea
Sep 9, 2022Belize Barrier Reef
Sep 9, 2024Iguazu Falls at the border of Argentina and Brazil
Sep 9, 2025A Eurasian red squirrel in Switzerland

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Nov 23, 2021Fibonacci Day
Jul 19, 2022National Bison Month
Nov 7, 2021Mack Arch Rock
Aug 21, 2023Discovery Day in Yukon, Canada
Sep 2, 2023National Hummingbird Day
Oct 30, 2024Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
Oct 11, 2019Art in the high desert
Oct 11, 2022Tortula moss, Netherlands
Feb 12, 2023Blue-footed booby, Galápagos Islands
Oct 5, 2020Hey, you two in the front!
Jun 4, 2023Waiānapanapa State Park, Maui, Hawaii
Aug 31, 2018Let’s have a ball
Jan 10, 2023Lake Peipus, Estonia
Apr 15, 2025World Art Day
Oct 8, 2025World Octopus Day
Mar 9, 2020This grizzly has Napping Day down
Dec 2, 2024Moose, Denali National Park, Alaska
Oct 26, 2025National Pumpkin Day
Dec 21, 2022Winter solstice
Jul 15, 2024Marine Day, Japan
Jun 23, 2020Flowers by the sea
Aug 11, 2022It s Mountain Day in Japan
Nov 9, 2025Carl Sagan Day
Nov 7, 2020National Bison Day
Mar 23, 2019What happened to these clouds?
Dec 8, 2020A fortress in the sky
Oct 12, 2020Indigenous Peoples Day
Feb 19, 2025European river otter, Netherlands
Sep 2, 2019Detroit Industry Murals by Diego Rivera
Dec 21, 2020Shadows on the solstice