Shwezigon Pagoda

The royal Shwezigon Pagoda or Shwezigon Paya is a Buddhist located in , . A prototype of Burmese , it consists of a circular gold leaf-gilded stupa surrounded by smaller temples and shrines.
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist temple near Bagan, Myanmar
  • Also known as: “เจดีย์ชเวซี่โคน”, “พระมหาธาตุเจดีย์ชเวสิกอง”, “ရွှေစည်းခုံစေတီတော်(ပုဂံ)”, and “瑞喜宮塔寺”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ananda Pahto Temple and Sulamani Temple.

Buddhist temple
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The Ananda Temple, located in , … is situated 2½ miles southwest of Shwezigon Pagoda.

Buddhist temple
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The is a located in the village of Minnanthu in . is situated 2½ miles south of Shwezigon Pagoda.

Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tharabha Gate is the only surviving gate of . is situated 2½ miles southwest of Shwezigon Pagoda.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Myit Chay and Bagan.

Town
is a town located in , , Myanmar. is situated 4½ miles northwest of Shwezigon Pagoda.

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is an area and archaeological site in the…

Shwezigon Pagoda

Latitude
21.19532° or 21° 11′ 43″ north
Longitude
94.89389° or 94° 53′ 38″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 268276067
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Wiki­data ID
Q2747222
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Vietnamese—“Shwezigon Pagoda” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ရွှေစည်းခုံ စေတီတော်”
  • Burmese: “ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား”
  • Chinese: “瑞喜宫佛塔”
  • Chinese: “瑞喜宮佛塔”
  • Chinese: “瑞西光塔”
  • Chinese: “瑞西貢佛塔”
  • Chinese: “瑞西贡佛塔”
  • Finnish: “Shwezigonin pagodi”
  • Finnish: “Shwezigonin stupa”
  • French: “pagode Shwezigon”
  • French: “Pagode Shwezigon”
  • German: “Shwezigon-Pagode”
  • Hebrew: “פגודת שווזיגון”
  • Italian: “Pagoda di Shwezigon”
  • Japanese: “シュエズィーゴン・パゴダ”
  • Korean: “쉐지곤파고다”
  • Portuguese: “Pagode de Shwezigon”
  • Portuguese: “Shwezigon”
  • Slovenian: “Pagoda Shwezigon”
  • Slovenian: “Pagoda Švezigon”
  • Tamil: “சிவேஜிகன் தூபி”
  • Tatar: “Швезигон пагодасы”
  • Thai: “เจดีย์ชเวซี่โกน”
  • Vietnamese: “Đền Shwezigon”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: စေတီ and စေတီ.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: ေရႊစည္းခံု ဘုရား-၁ and Aung Yadana.

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