Ayutthaya: Once a flourishing temple city

"The pagoda collapsed during King Songtham's reign and was renovated in 1633, after King Prasat Thong ascended to the throne."This magnificent city was razed to the ground by invading Burmese forces in the 18th century."At the fall of Ayutthaya in 1767, the monastery was set on fire in the Burmese attack," the plaque further reads.