Pagan

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Pagan, also known as Bagan, is an ancient city in Myanmar renowned for its vast plain of thousands of Buddhist temples and pagodas dating from the 9th to 13th centuries.

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Pagan canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bagan ⓘ
linked to: Bagan temples
architecturalStyle Burmese Buddhist architecture ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Alaungsithu ⓘ
Anawrahta ⓘ
Kyansittha ⓘ
capitalFromCentury 11th century ⓘ
capitalToCentury 13th century ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
dominantReligion Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
flourishedFromCentury 9th century ⓘ
flourishedToCentury 13th century ⓘ
foundedAsCapitalOf Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
hasFeature Buddha statues ⓘ
murals and frescoes ⓘ
stucco ornamentation ⓘ
heritageType cultural heritage site ⓘ
historicalPeriod Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
knownFor monasteries ⓘ
pagodas ⓘ
thousands of Buddhist temples ⓘ
locatedIn Mandalay Region ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Myanmar Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOn Ayeyarwady River ⓘ
linked to: Irrawaddy River
materialCulture brick temples ⓘ
nearbyAirport Nyaung U Airport ⓘ
notableTemple Ananda Temple ⓘ
Dhammayangyi Temple ⓘ
Shwezigon Pagoda ⓘ
Sulamani Temple ⓘ
Thatbyinnyu Temple ⓘ
numberOfMonumentsApproximate over 2000 surviving monuments ⓘ
originalNumberOfMonumentsApproximate over 10000 monuments ⓘ
partOf Pagan Archaeological Zone ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
restorationEffortsBy UNESCO ⓘ
threat earthquakes ⓘ
unregulated tourism ⓘ
tourismActivity hot-air balloon rides ⓘ
temple sightseeing ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2019 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site ⓘ

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