World Heritage Identification Number: 1662
World Heritage since: 2023
Category: Cultural Heritage
Transboundary Heritage: No
Endangered Heritage: No
Country: 🇹🇭 Thailand
Continent: Asia
UNESCO World Region: Asia and the Pacific
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Exploring the Ancient Town of Si Thep and Its Associated Dvaravati Monuments: A Journey Through Time
The Ancient Town of Si Thep and its Associated Dvaravati Monuments, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2023, offers a captivating glimpse into the rich history and cultural diversity of the Dvaravati Empire that flourished in Central Thailand between the 6th and 10th centuries. This serially inscribed property comprises three distinct components: the unique twin-town site, featuring an Inner and Outer Town encircled by moats; the colossal Khao Klang Nok ancient monument; and the Khao Thamorrat Cave ancient monument.
More to come…UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site
This is a serial property of three component parts: a distinctive twin-town site, featuring an Inner and Outer Town surrounded by moats; the massive Khao Klang Nok ancient monument; and the Khao Thamorrat Cave ancient monument. Together these sites represent the architecture, artistic traditions and religious diversity of the Dvaravati Empire that thrived in Central Thailand from the 6th to the 10th centuries, demonstrating the influences from India. The local adaptation of these traditions resulted in a distinctive artistic tradition known as the Si Thep School of Art which later influenced other civilizations in Southeast Asia.Encyclopedia Record: Si Thep Historical Park
Si Thep Historical Park is an archaeological site in Thailand's Phetchabun province. It covers the ancient city of Si Thep, a site inhabited from around the third to fifth century CE until the thirteenth century, spanning cultural periods from late prehistory, through Dvaravati, to the golden age of the Khmer Empire. Si Thep was one of the largest known city-states that emerged around the plains of central Thailand in the first millennium, but became abandoned around the time the Thai-speaking cities of Sukhothai and later Ayutthaya emerged as new centres of power in the Chao Phraya River basin.Additional Site Details
Area: 866.471 hectares
(iii) — Unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition
Coordinates: 15.4658166667 , 101.1511138889
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