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Mingun Paya

Mingun - Myanmar

The Mingun Pahtodawgyi, is a monumental incompleted stupa in Mingun. The ruins are the remains of a massive construction project begun in 1790 which was intentionally left unfinished. By the time the construction project was abandoned, the pagoda had attained a height of 50 meters, one third of the intended height. An earthquake on the 23rd of March 1839 caused huge cracks to appear on the face of the remaining structure.


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