FUN-travel: Gorgeous Golden Yellow Yangon
October 16, 2016 by Susan Clarke
- Referred to in Myanmar as “The crown of Burma”…
…Shwedagon Pagoda fills the skyline…
…towering at 325 feet above its base…
…covered with 60 tons of pure gold…
…the main gold-plated dome is topped by a stupa…
…with over 7,000 diamonds, rubies, topaz and sapphires…
…offset by a massive emerald positioned to reflect the last rays of the setting sun…
…surrounded by dozens of intricately decorated buildings and statues…
…makes this religious monument most spectacular.
FUN-fact – estimated to be 2,600 years old… makes Shwedagon the oldest pagoda in the world.