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      Ayuthaya 
      The 16th-18th century temple ruins at Ayuthaya, 86 km north of Bangkok, 
      date  
      from the most flourishing period of Thai history. Ayuthaya was the 
      Thai capital  
      from 1350 - 1767. The city was conquered and partially 
      destroyed by the  
      Burmese in 1767. The old capital was, by all accounts, a 
      splendid city. 
       
       
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