Caption

King Mengrai founded the city of Chiang Mai (meaning 'new city') in 1296, and it succeeded Chiang Rai as capital of the Lanna kingdom. Chiang Mai sometimes written as 'Chiengmai' or 'Chiangmai', is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand

Date

Dec 06, 2011

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/David Henley

Reference

BRK25G19_106

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,8Mb (4,3Mb) / 17,1in x 11,3in / 5120 x 3401 (300dpi)

Keywords

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