Lop Buri

Thailand
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Also known as: Lavo, Lopburi
Also spelled:
Lopburi

Lop Buri, town, south-central Thailand, north of Bangkok. Lop Buri is a rice-collecting centre situated on the Lop Buri River and on the country’s main north-south highway and railway. Founded as Lavo in the 5th–7th century, it was incorporated into the Khmer empire of Angkor in the 10th or 11th century and became an important provincial capital. It later became an active centre within the kingdom of Ayutthaya (founded 1351) and was the summer capital of the Ayutthaya king Narai (reigned 1657–88). Thereafter the town declined, and many of its buildings decayed. One of Thailand’s major historical sites, the town ...(100 of 218 words)