BAGAN

An ancient city home to over 2200 historical temples and pagodas

Bagan is a city in Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia.

From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Pagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that would later constitute Myanmar.

During the kingdom's height between the 11th and 13th centuries, more than 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of over 2200 temples and pagodas survive.

Bagan is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the Bagan Archaeological Zone is a main attraction for the country's nascent tourism industry.


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