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Multi-periodSite Name: Shwedagon PagodaCountry: Burma (Myanmar)
NOTE: This site is 262.15 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Yangon
Latitude: 16.798354N Longitude: 96.149705E
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5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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The Shwedagon Pagoda (105m tal) was built by the Mon culture between the 6th and the 10th century CE. Some legends says it was built 600 BCE, so it would be the oldest Stupa in the world. It was built of bricks covered with gold plates.
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