Myanmar (Burma)

Shwedagon Pagoda

A golden landmark that is still a place of worship From its hilltop above central Yangon, Shwedagon Pagoda is both the city’s defining silhouette and an active Buddhist sanctuary. The gilded central stupa rises above a broad complex of shrines, halls and devotional spaces. Visitors do not encounter a single monument behind a museum rope: they enter a sacred precinct where people come to pray, make offerings and spend time with family. The pagoda’s official…...