The Shwedagon Paya[temple] is a 98-metre gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar.the Shwedagon Paya is 2500 years old.The Gold seen on the stupa is made of genuine gold plates, covering the brick structure attached by traditional rivets. Myanmar people all over the country, as well as monarchs in its history,have donated gold to the pagoda to maintain it. It was started in the fifteenth century by the Mon Queen Shin Saw Bu who gave her weight in gold and continues to this day.
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