Myanmar, Burma. Mingun Paya, near Mandalay.

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Begun in 1790, this is the base of a pagoda planned to be 500 feet tall. Construction ended in 1819 when King Bodawpaya died. Four people can be seen on the top, near the middle.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Mingun, Myanmar, Burma, South Asia
Photo credit: © Charles O. Cecil / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: anthropology, architecture, asia, buddhism, buddhist, burma, burmese, culture, door, entrance, historic, mandalay, mingun, monument, myanmar, pagoda, paya, ruin, south, stupa