Baan Hollanda บ้านฮอลันดา - Dutch Settlement - Ayutthaya Thailand 2024

Baan Hollanda บ้านฮอลันดา is a former Dutch trading village in Thailand, founded in 1643 during the Ayutthaya era. Located along the Chao Phraya river near the Ayutthaya Historical Park, to the south of the city island. It was established by the Dutch East India Company (VOC).

The term "Wilanda" was used by the Siamese in the past to mean those from the Netherlands, or the Dutch. It was derived from the Malay "Orang Belanda". It was used to denote the Dutch in Java and elsewhere in the East Indies. "Belanda" itself was possibly derived from the Portuguese "Hollanda" (Holland).

The Dutch first established formal trade relations with Siam in 1604, towards the end of King Naresuan’s reign. In 1608, King Ekathotsarot granted permission to the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to open its trading post in Ayutthaya.

The location was in the southern part of the walled island city and was a rather constricted space. In 1634, during the reign of King Prasat Thong, a new VOC factory and trading office was built on land given to the Dutch by the Siamese King as reward for naval aid in Ayutthaya's war against Pattani. This new more commodious piece of land was situated next to the Chao Phraya River outside the walled city. Goods could be loaded and unloaded much more conveniently than before.

In 2004, on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of relations between Thailand and the Netherlands, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, accompanied by Prince Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange and Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, visited the site of the Dutch settlement in Ayutthaya where the Fine Arts Department had been excavating the remains of the VOC lodge. She donated money towards the construction of an information center to demonstrate the long relations between the two countries.

The site is interesting with lots of information in English and Thai inside the museum on the second floor. It’s seldom visited and mostly unknown but a great part of the history of the region.

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