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Buddhist Temples are countless in this area.

Although they all are optically quite similar there are plenty of variants since every generation of temple builder had their own preferences in terms of stiles.That starts with the building material, such as bricks, stones or in the cave. If more money is available to build parts are covered with gold sheets and the exterior and interior architecture can be lavish with a very artistic composition.
Buddha Temples of Bagan
Temples of Bagan

interior with some sculptures
Interior with some Buddha sculptures

If you take your visit serious, 


 no need to be a pagoda lover, you better take a guide from Myanmar Travel & Tours with you. They have special training and qualification, the reason is most buildings are closed and they know where to get the key to enter and from which places, in the sometimes ruins, are the best views. This is very important for excellent shots, including the best time of the day.

The Shwezigon Pagoda
The Shwezigon Pagoda
Temples in the past
In the past

pretty monument
Pretty monument
old Asian city
An old Asian city

To experience the monument’s architecture 

is a highlight on every trip. All buildings have been erected in the relative short time of 250 years.  The iconographic characteristics are typical for this medieval culture in general and deeply conservative an evolution of the art can be seen by a specialist but only in minor details. 

 The creativity in architecture and painting transformed from the strict logic of tectonics and forms of the 11th Century to the prevailing dominance of decorative elements of the13th Century. 

A massive shrine like a castle
A massive temple like a castle

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