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Bago
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Bago, ancient capital of the Mon Kings of the 14th to 16th
century and of second Myanmar Empire created by King
Bayinnaung, is located only 80 km from Yangon. The
Shwemawdaw Pagoda, Kalyani Thein (Ordination Hall), the
55-metre long Shwethalyaung Reclining Buddha, the four giant
Buddha images of Kyaikpun Pagoda and the reconstructed
Kamboza-thadi Palace of Bayinnaung are some of the
highlights.
Kan-baw-zathati
Palace
Bago is one of the richest
archaeological sites in Myanmar. The Archaeology department
has being excavating at the Palace site of King Ba-yin-naug
at the ancient Royal Capital Bago. The work of excavation
and reconstruction of old capital and palace was begun in
1990. The archaeological excavation made good progress and
reconstruction of palace is nearly completed.
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