タイ王国の世界遺産 出典：http://www.unesco.org//whc/nwhc/pages/sites/main.htm トゥンヤイ-ファイ・カ・ケン野生生物保護区,91/12/13,N Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries (N/1991) Stretching over more than 600,000 hectares along the Myanmar border, the sanctuary, which is relatively intact, contains examples of almost all the forest types of continental South-East Asia. It is home to a very diverse array of animals, including 77% of the large mammals (especially elephants and tigers), 50% of the large birds and 33% of the land vertebrates to be found in this region. 古都スコタイと周辺の古都,91/12/13,C Historic Town of Sukhotai (C/1991) Capital of the first Kingdom of Siam in the 13th and 14th centuries, a number of notable monuments, which illustrate the beginnings of Thai architecture, can be seen in Sukhota 古都アユタヤと周辺の古都,91/12/13,C Historic City of Ayutthaya (C/1991) Founded in about 1350, Ayutthaya became the second Siamese capital after Sukhotai. It was destroyed by the Burmese in the 18th century. Its remains, characterized by its prang or reliquary towers, and gigantic monasteries, give an idea of its past splendour. バン・チェン遺跡,92/12/14,C Ban Chiang Archaeological Site (N/C/1992) Considered the most important prehistoric settlement so far discovered in southeast Asia, Ban Chiang was the centre of a remarkable phenomenon of human cultural, social and technological evolution. The site presents the earliest evidence of farming in the region and of the manufacture and use of metals.