U Bein Bridge | The Oldest Teakwood Bridge in the World
U Bein Bridge (ဦးပိန် တံတား) is a crossing that spans the Taungthaman Lake (တောင်တမံအင်း) near Amarapura (အမရပူရ) in Myanmar (Burma). The 1.2 km (0.75 mile) bridge is believed to be the oldest and (once) longest teakwood bridge in the world…
Bagan | The First Myanmar Kingdom
Bagan (Burmese: ပုဂံ - Formerly: Pagan) is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar.
From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Bagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that would later constitute Myanmar.
During the kingdom's height between the 11th and 13th centuries, more than 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas, and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of over 2200 temples and pagodas survive.
On 6 July 2019, Bagan was officially inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, after 24 years since the military government first nominated the city in 1995, during the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee.