Shwemawdaw Pagoda

Bago Region · Myanmar

Shwemawdaw Pagoda, Myanmar
Photo: Vera & Jean-Christophe from Europe, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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The tallest pagoda in Myanmar, a towering gilded stupa in Bago rebuilt to ever greater heights after repeated earthquakes. Fragments of a fallen finial are displayed on its wide platform.

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