Shwedagon Pagoda in (Burma) Myanmar

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    Shwedagon Pagoda in (Burma) Myanmar



    The Shwedagon Pagoda is the most impressive and sacred Buddhist site in Myanmar.
    According to the historians and archaeologists it was built between 6th and 10th centuries. It has been damaged by earthquakes on several occasions and later rebuilt and raised higher, to its current hight of 99 meters/325 ft.





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