Nanmyin Watchtower

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Nanmyin Watchtower is a historic leaning brick tower in the ancient Burmese capital of Ava (Inwa), renowned as one of the few surviving structures from the city’s royal era.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Nanmyint Watch Tower 2
Nanmyin ("leaning tower") 1
Nanmyin Watchtower canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic building
tourist attraction
watchtower
architecturalStyle Burmese architecture
category Archaeological sites in Myanmar
Buildings and structures in Mandalay Region
Tourist attractions in Myanmar
Towers in Myanmar
continent Asia
country Myanmar
era Konbaung dynasty
linked to: Konbaung Dynasty
hasCondition structurally fragile
hasQuality leaning
ruined
hasRisk earthquake damage
hasViewOf Inwa plain
Irrawaddy River valley
height approximately 27 meters
heritageDesignation historic monument
imageSubject postcards of Inwa
travel photography
languageOfName Burmese
locatedIn Ava
Inwa
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Mandalay Region
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Tada-U District
locatedInTime Kingdom of Ava
locatedNear Bagaya Monastery
Irrawaddy River
Yadana Hsemee Pagodas
materialUsed brick
namedAfter Nanmyin ("leaning tower")
linked to: Nanmyin Watchtower
numberOfFloors about 3
partOf Inwa archaeological zone
royal palace complex of Ava
significance landmark of Inwa
one of the few surviving structures of the royal city of Ava
significantEvent Ava earthquakes
linked to: 1839 Ava earthquake
survivingFrom former royal capital of Ava
touristType cultural tourism
heritage tourism
typicalAccessMode boat and car combination
horse cart
use observation tower
tourism
watchtower
visitorAccess public

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ava notableStructure Nanmyin Watchtower
Innwa hasLandmark Nanmyint Watchtower
subject linked to: Innwa (Ava)
linked to: Nanmyin Watchtower
Inwa notableSite Nanmyint Watch Tower
linked to: Nanmyin Watchtower
Nanmyin Watchtower namedAfter Nanmyin ("leaning tower")
linked to: Nanmyin Watchtower
Inwa archaeological area hasPart Nanmyint Watch Tower
linked to: Nanmyin Watchtower