Historical sites

19 photos of Wat Mahathat, one of the more significant temple complexes in Ayutthaya

14 photos of Wat Phra Si Sanphet, which was the most magnificent of the Ayutthaya temples

7 photos of Wat Ratchaburana, a temple used as a royal tomb

22 photos of ruins of several temples in Ayutthaya

14 photos of Wat Yai Chai Mongkol, which contains a huge statue of a reclining Buddha

33 photos of Lampang in Northern Thailand and of the Wat Phra That Lampang Luang temple

28 photos of Sukhotai, an ancient city and former royal capital in northern Thailand

16 photos of Beyoglu, a district of European Istanbul located to the north of the Golden Horn

24 photos of the historic centre of Istanbul, where Costantinople lied in the 15th century

20 photos of Hagia Sophia, a former cathedral and mosque with 1500 years of history converted to a museum in the 20th century

12 photos of several Chinese assembly halls in Hoi An, including the Guangdong assembly hall and the All Chinese assembly hall

17 miscellaneous photos of Hoi An, including the Japanese covered bridge

11 photos of the Fukien Assembly Hall which served the Fujian Chinese ethnic group

48 photos of the Citadel in Hue, a large compound surrounded by walls, the residence of the Vietnamese emperors in the 19th and 20th centuries

18 photos of the tomb of Minh Mang, possibly the finest of all imperial tombs in Hue

16 photos of the Tu Duc and Khai Dinh imperial tombs near Hue

18 photos of the groups B and C of the Cham ruins in My Son, Vietnam