Bagan Temples & Pagodas

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November 6th, 2009 by Travel

Bagan is a city just 90 miles south west of Mandalay, and is one site that the World Heritage Organization has attempted to on multiple events to declare a WH Site, however the military government has been using poor restoration techniques, often using modern materials and completely changing the original looks of the monuments, destroying the originality and the history in the process.

Temples & Pagodas

If this continues there will be nothing left to declare as culturally significant. The ruins cover more than sixteen square miles of the city, and were built between the 1000’s and 1200s with the first dating as far back as the 800’s. There are many domed temples and most of the construction focuses around the relic shaped dome, tomb shaped dome, stupa and many northern, southern, and central Indian models of architecture. The largest threat to these temples is the government and are people who live in this country.

Temples & Pagodas