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The Mandalay Cultural Museum (Burmese: မန္တလေး ယဉ်ကျေးမှု ပြတိုက်) is a museum located at the corner of 80th Road and 24th Street, in Mandalay, Myanmar.
The moat seen from the East Gate Bridge with the Mandalay Hill in the background King Thibaw's royal barge on the Mandalay Palace moat in 1885. Surrounding the walls, at a distance of about 18 m (60 ft) from them, is a moat 64 m (210 ft) wide, and of an average depth of 4.5 m (15 ft).
Bagan (Burmese: ပုဂံ; MLCTS: pu.gam, IPA: [bəɡàɰ̃]; formerly Pagan) is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. [1] From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Pagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that would later constitute Myanmar.
Map of Mandalay and surrounding region from the International Map of the World (1971) Mandalay is located in the central Dry Zone of Burma by the Irrawaddy river at 21.98° North, 96.08° East, 80 meters (260 feet) above sea level. Its standard time zone is UTC/GMT +6:30 hours and is 626 km from Yangon.
The history of Mandalay Region is the same as that of much of Upper Myanmar except that for much of Burmese history, the political power emanated out of royal capitals located in Mandalay Region. The country's present capital, Naypyidaw , and most former royal capitals of the Burmese nation— Bagan , Ava , Amarapura , Mandalay —are all ...
Talok (Burmese: တလုပ်) is a group of four villages in Myingyan Township of Mandalay Region, Myanmar. It is located east of the Irrawaddy river. There are several historical sites at Talok, including a couple of temple ruins dating back to the Bagan period (11th-13th centuries). The Thonpanhla pagoda, which is a prominent pilgrimage ...
Sunset from Mandalay Hill. Once on the terrace of the Sutaungpyei Pagoda, a panoramic view of the Mandalay plain stretches far to the horizon, with the old city walls and moat, the Thudhamma Zayats (rest houses), various stupas around such as the Kuthodaw Pagoda and its 729 satellite stupas each housing a page inscribed in stone the world's largest book (the entire Pali Buddhist Canon ...
Inwa (Burmese: အင်းဝမြို့; MLCTS: ang:wa.mrui., IPA: [ʔɪ́ɰ̃wa̰ mjo̰] or [ʔəwa̰ mjo̰]; also spelled Innwa; formerly known as Ava), located in Mandalay Region, Myanmar, is an ancient imperial capital of successive Burmese kingdoms from the 14th to 19th centuries. Throughout history, it was sacked and rebuilt ...