Historical parks in Thailand (Thai: อุทยานประวัติศาสตร์) are managed by the Fine Arts Department, a sub-division of the Ministry of Education. There are currently ten parks, with four them registered as World Heritage Sites by the UNESCO.
| Name | Province | Gazetted | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayutthaya | Ayutthaya | ||
| Kamphaeng Phet | Kamphaeng Phet | ||
| Mueang Sing | Kanchanaburi | April 1987 | |
| Phanom Rung | Buriram | 1935 | May 21, 1988 |
| Phimai | Nakhon Ratchasima | 1936 | April 12, 1989 |
| Phra Nakhon Khiri | Phetchaburi | ||
| Phu Phrabaht | Udon Thani | ||
| Si Satchanalai | Sukhothai | ||
| Si Thep | Phetchabun | ||
| Sukhothai | Sukhothai | 1961 | July 1988 |
Famous quotes containing the words historical and/or parks:
“The proverbial notion of historical distance consists in our having lost ninety-five of every hundred original facts, so the remaining ones can be arranged however one likes.”
—Robert Musil (1880–1942)
“Perhaps our own woods and fields,—in the best wooded towns, where we need not quarrel about the huckleberries,—with the primitive swamps scattered here and there in their midst, but not prevailing over them, are the perfection of parks and groves, gardens, arbors, paths, vistas, and landscapes. They are the natural consequence of what art and refinement we as a people have.... Or, I would rather say, such were our groves twenty years ago.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)