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Attractions
in Bago
Shwemawdaw
Pagoda
The Shwemawdaw
pagoda is similar to the Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon and dates
back 1,000 years. The parts, which can be visited today have for
the most part been built in 1952 and in 1954
Shwethalyaung
Like in Yangon,
so you will also find in Bago a famous, lying Buddha statue, Shwethalyaung.
But while the statue in Yangon is of modern origin, the 55 meters
long and 16 meters high Buddha image of Bago dates back to the
year 994. Despite of its size the statue was lost from 1757 when
Bago was destroyed until 1881. The British colonial masters found
it, while they were building the railway track from Yangon to
Bago
Attractions
around Bago
KyaikTiyo
Pagoda
This pagoda
is about 65 kilometers east of Bago. It is interesting, not so
much because of its architecture, but due to its prominent location
atop an enormous rock at the edge of a cliff. "
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