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Royal palace in Shwebo, Myanmar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shwebon Yadana Mingala Palace (Burmese: ရွှေဘုံရတနာ မင်္ဂလာနန်းတော်) is a royal palace in Shwebo, Myanmar. The palace was originally built in 1753 AD by King Alaungphaya U Aung Zeya, who was the first founder of the Konbaung dynasty[1] and was capital city until 1760 when the capital was moved to nearby Sagain. Different to other Royal Palaces in Myanmar it was centered on a large graduated pavilion.[2] Having two walls, the outer wall forms a 3.5 km square closure, surrounded by a moat. With the tomb of King Alaungpaya located to the southeast of the palace building.[3] It was reconstructed in 1999[4] based on a mid 19th-century manuscript on a November 1853 expedition to collect the remaining timber posts of the palace, carve them out, and turn them into sacred images..[2] It has 200m long city walls.
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