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 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
tourist destination
alsoKnownAs Bagan temples
surface form: Bagan
architecturalStyle Burmese Buddhist architecture
associatedWithRuler Alaungsithu
Anawrahta
Kyansittha
capitalFromCentury 11th century
capitalToCentury 13th century
continent Asia
country Myanmar
dominantReligion Theravada
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
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 Irrawaddy River
surface form: Ayeyarwady 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)
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UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2019
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site

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