Mandalay Royal Palace
Description:
The Mandalay Royal Palace is 145 km northeast of Bagan. Mandalay was built in the XIX century from teak wood, it was the forbidden city of Mandalay, the royal residence of the Burmese kings Mindon (the founder of the city) and Thibo. The city was quite large, as the length of each fortress wall is 4 km, and the height is 9 m. However, all we see in the palace now is a remodel, since the palace itself was destroyed by Japanese aviation. The original buildings are only fortress walls and a ditch around.
The palace has several entrances on each side, you can get inside only through one. Entrance to the Royal Palace is a single ticket for the historical zone of Mandalay.
The Royal Mandalay Palace was a main building with a tall spire decorated with gilded carvings, and several dozen identical symmetrically arranged wooden structures decorated with beautiful wooden carvings. In the main building is a small museum - the throne of the king, the king's bed, information plates and installations. All other wooden buildings are empty. At the very end of the palace there is another small but interesting museum, which presents the robes of kings and ministers of the XIX century.
The Royal Palace is not only a historical value for Burma, but also a strategic site.