Bagan temples

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The Bagan temples are a vast complex of thousands of ancient Buddhist monuments in Myanmar, renowned for their historic significance and striking architecture spread across the plains of Bagan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist temple complex ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalFeature brick stupas ⓘ
hollow gu-style temples ⓘ
terraced temples ⓘ
architecturalStyle Burmese Buddhist architecture ⓘ
builtBy Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
builtUnderDynasty Pagan Dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Pagan Empire
conservationStatus ongoing restoration and conservation ⓘ
constructionEndCentury 13th century ⓘ
constructionStartCentury 9th century ⓘ
contains Buddha statues ⓘ
murals ⓘ
stucco carvings ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
damageType earthquake damage to structures and murals ⓘ
facedNaturalDisaster 1975 Bagan earthquake ⓘ
2016 Bagan earthquake ⓘ
governingBody Department of Archaeology and National Museum of Myanmar ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historicalPeriod Pagan period ⓘ
knownFor dense concentration of Buddhist monuments on a single plain ⓘ
locatedIn Bagan ⓘ
linked to: Bagan temples

Mandalay Region ⓘ
locatedOn left bank of the Irrawaddy River ⓘ
plains of Bagan ⓘ
linked to: Bagan temples
mainReligion Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
material brick ⓘ
stucco ⓘ
nearbyCity Nyaung-U ⓘ
nearbySettlement New Bagan ⓘ
linked to: Amarapura

Old Bagan ⓘ
linked to: Bagan temples
notableTemple Ananda Temple ⓘ
Dhammayangyi Temple ⓘ
Shwezigon Pagoda ⓘ
Sulamani Temple ⓘ
Thatbyinnyu Temple ⓘ
numberOfMonuments over 2000 surviving structures ⓘ
partOf Bagan Archaeological Zone ⓘ
linked to: Bagan temples
peakNumberOfMonuments over 10000 temples pagodas and monasteries ⓘ
region Upper Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Upper Burma
religion Buddhism ⓘ
significance major center of Buddhist learning in medieval Southeast Asia ⓘ
one of the richest archaeological sites in Asia ⓘ
tourismActivity hot air balloon rides ⓘ
sunrise viewing over temple plain ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2019 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType cultural site ⓘ

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Pagan Kingdom → knownFor → Bagan temple complex ⓘ
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Pagan → alsoKnownAs → Bagan ⓘ
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Kingdom of Burma → capital → Bagan ⓘ
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Bagan temples → locatedIn → Bagan ⓘ
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Bagan temples → locatedOn → plains of Bagan ⓘ
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Bagan temples → partOf → Bagan Archaeological Zone ⓘ
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Bagan temples → nearbySettlement → Old Bagan ⓘ
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Sulamani Temple → locatedIn → Bagan ⓘ
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Sulamani Temple → heritageDesignation → Bagan UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
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Sulamani Temple → partOf → Bagan Archaeological Zone ⓘ
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Shwezigon Pagoda → locatedIn → Bagan ⓘ
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Shwezigon Pagoda → significantBuildingIn → Bagan archaeological zone ⓘ
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Shwezigon Pagoda → partOf → Bagan religious monuments ⓘ
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Dhammayangyi Temple → locatedIn → Bagan ⓘ
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Dhammayangyi Temple → heritage → Bagan Archaeological Zone ⓘ
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Dhammayangyi Temple → partOf → Bagan temple complex ⓘ
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