The city is located on a dry plateau along the western bank of the Irrawaddy River 145 km southwest of Mandalay, near Chowk in Magway District. You are on the site of the ancient city is an archaeological zone with thousands of pagodas, temples, stupas, monasteries. Bagan is one of the most-visited and most photographed places in Myanmar. It is an ideal destination for all lovers of history and old buildings.
If you ever decide to go in Asia, then we recommend that Bagan Archaeological Zone, the visit from the 9th century. There you can see the beautiful old architecture, brilliant Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries that is gonna leave you breathless and make gona, on which they would like to visit it someday in your life time, can enjoy.
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The Myanmar Archaeology Department recorded in 2217 temples. Bagan is one of the finest archaeological sites in Asia. Bagan was one of the most developed ancient capital of several ancient kingdoms in Burma. From the 9th to the 13th century Bagan was the capital of the Kingdom of Pagan. whopping 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas were between the 11th and 13th centuries built and monasteries were built in Bagan level alone. Today, more than 2200 temples and pagodas still survive and you can visit at any time. This wonderful ruins cover an area of 42 square kilometers.
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