Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic City of Ayutthaya' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
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| [1][2] Additionally, Prince Damrong has also attested to the existence of a city named Ayodhya, founded by the Khmers ruling from Lopburi at the point where the three rivers meet. | WIKI |
| The city was captured by the Burmese in 1569. | WIKI |
| Ayutthaya was strategically located on an island surrounded by three rivers connecting the city to the sea. | UNESCO |
| This site was chosen because it was located above the tidal bore of the Gulf of Siam as it existed at that time, thus preventing attack of the city by the sea-going warships of other nations. | UNESCO |
| The location also helped to protect the city from seasonal flooding. | UNESCO |
| The city was attacked and razed by the Burmese army in 1767 who burned the city to the ground and forced the inhabitants to abandon the city. | UNESCO |
| The city was never rebuilt in the same location and remains known today as an extensive archaeological site. | UNESCO |
| Once an important center of global diplomacy and commerce, Ayutthaya is now an archaeological ruin, characterized by the remains of tall prang (reliquary towers) and Buddhist monasteries of monumental proportions, which give an idea of the cityxe2x80x99s past size and the splendor of its architecture. | UNESCO |
| Well-known from contemporary sources and maps, Ayutthaya was laid out according to a systematic and rigid city planning grid, consisting of roads, canals, and moats around all the principal structures. | UNESCO |
| The scheme took maximum advantage of the cityxe2x80x99s position in the midst of three rivers and had a hydraulic system for water management which was technologically extremely advanced and unique in the world. | UNESCO |
| The city was ideally situated at the head of the Gulf of Siam, equi-distant between India and China and well upstream to be protected from Arab and European powers who were expanding their influence in the region even as Ayutthaya was itself consolidating and extending its own power to fill the vacuum left by the fall of Angkor. | UNESCO |
| Foreigners served in the employ of the government and also lived in the city as private individuals. | UNESCO |
| Foreign influences were many in the city and can still be seen in the surviving art and in the architectural ruins. | UNESCO |
| Indeed, when the capital of the restored kingdom was moved downstream and a new city built at Bangkok, there was a conscious attempt to recreate the urban template and architectural form of Ayutthaya. | UNESCO |
| The integrity of the property as the ruins of the former Siamese capital is found in the preservation of the ruined or reconstructed state of those physical elements which characterized this once great city. | UNESCO |
| Wherever the ruins of these structures had been built over after the city was abandoned, they are now uncovered. | UNESCO |
| Extending the boundaries of the World Heritage property to include the whole of Ayutthaya Island will bring the boundaries of the property into exact conformity with those of the historic city. | UNESCO |
| As one of the worldxe2x80x99s largest cities of its time and a major political, economic and religious center, many visitors recorded facts about the city and their experiences there. | UNESCO |
| The Siamese Royal Court also kept meticulous records; many were destroyed in the sack of the city, but some have remained and are an important source of authenticity. | UNESCO |
| 2518 (1975), the City Planning Act B.E. | UNESCO |
| In addition, new regulations for the control of construction within the propertyxe2x80x99s extended boundaries are being formulated to ensure that the values and views of the historic city are protected. | UNESCO |
| With these changes, all new developments in the modern city of Ayutthaya will be directed to areas outside of the historic cityxe2x80x99s footprint and the inscribed World Heritage property. | UNESCO |