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Yangon Collection (page 3)

Yangon, the vibrant capital city of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), is a treasure trove of cultural and architectural wonders

Background imageYangon Collection: Shrine on the Platform of the Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma 1905 (colour litho)

Shrine on the Platform of the Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma 1905 (colour litho)
3648843 Shrine on the Platform of the Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma 1905 (colour litho) by Kelly, Robert George Talbot (1861-1934); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageYangon Collection: The Shwedagon Pagoda at Rangoon, c. 1886 (b / w photo)

The Shwedagon Pagoda at Rangoon, c. 1886 (b / w photo)
498282 The Shwedagon Pagoda at Rangoon, c.1886 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Shwedagon Pagoda)

Background imageYangon Collection: Praise

Praise
Tom Baetsen - xlix.nl

Background imageYangon Collection: Pretty Lady

Pretty Lady
Philip Sutton

Background imageYangon Collection: Wonder

Wonder
Philip Sutton

Background imageYangon Collection: By train around Yangon

By train around Yangon
Marco Tagliarino

Background imageYangon Collection: The rain rails

The rain rails
António Carreira

Background imageYangon Collection: Des trains pas comme les autres

Des trains pas comme les autres
António Carreira

Background imageYangon Collection: No fear

No fear
António Carreira

Background imageYangon Collection: Tanaka

Tanaka
Roberto Rivera

Background imageYangon Collection: Japanese train in Rangoon (Yangon). June 1945

Japanese train in Rangoon (Yangon). June 1945

Background imageYangon Collection: Elephant lifting wooden logs - Rangoon, Burma

Elephant lifting wooden logs - Rangoon, Burma
circa 1910s

Background imageYangon Collection: Rangoon, the principal port of the Birman Empire, 1845. Creator: Unknown

Rangoon, the principal port of the Birman Empire, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Rangoon, the principal port of the Birman Empire, 1845. View of the capital city of Burma:the imports of British manufactures are very considerable; including piece-goods, woollens, glass-ware

Background imageYangon Collection: EyeUbiquitous_20114038

EyeUbiquitous_20114038
Myanmar, Yangon, Karaweik Barge, concrete replica of the Royal Barge, Kandawgyi Lake

Background imageYangon Collection: MYANMAR, Yangon People making offerings of flowers and water at shrine in Shwedagon

MYANMAR, Yangon People making offerings of flowers and water at shrine in Shwedagon Pagoda

Background imageYangon Collection: Monk praying before the Shwedagon pagoda, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Monk praying before the Shwedagon pagoda, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Background imageYangon Collection: Golden spires in the Shwedagon pagoda, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Golden spires in the Shwedagon pagoda, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Background imageYangon Collection: Mahabandoola Garden, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Mahabandoola Garden, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Background imageYangon Collection: Shwedagon pagoda at sunset, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Shwedagon pagoda at sunset, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Background imageYangon Collection: A wide view of Maha Wizaya Pagoda during blue hour, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma)

A wide view of Maha Wizaya Pagoda during blue hour, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Background imageYangon Collection: A small Buddha statue at Sule pagoda, surrounded by clouds of smoke with two Kinaree

A small Buddha statue at Sule pagoda, surrounded by clouds of smoke with two Kinaree statues visible in the background, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Background imageYangon Collection: Beautiful and Varied Pagoda Shrines of Shwe Dagon, Rangoon, Burma, c1930s. Creator: Unknown

Beautiful and Varied Pagoda Shrines of Shwe Dagon, Rangoon, Burma, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
Beautiful and Varied Pagoda Shrines from the Steep Stairway of Sacred Shwe Dagon, Rangoon, Burma, c1930s. 6th century gilded Theravada stupa complex on Singuttara Hill in Yangon

Background imageYangon Collection: The base of the Grand Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma, 1895. Creator: Unknown

The base of the Grand Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma, 1895. Creator: Unknown
The base of the Grand Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma, 1895. Buddhist shrines in what is now Yangon, Myanmar. From " Round the World in Pictures and Photographs

Background imageYangon Collection: Soolay Pagoda Road, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown

Soolay Pagoda Road, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Soolay Pagoda Road, Rangoon, 1900. According to legend, it was built before the Shwedagon Pagoda during the time of the Buddha, making it more than 2, 600 years old

Background imageYangon Collection: Rangoon Railway Station, 1900. Creator: Unknown

Rangoon Railway Station, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Rangoon Railway Station, 1900. First built in 1877 by the British but destroyed by the retreating British in 1943 from advancing Japanese forces

Background imageYangon Collection: Rowe & Coy. Ltd. Rangoon Premises, 1900. Creator: Unknown

Rowe & Coy. Ltd. Rangoon Premises, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Rowe & Coy. Ltd. Rangoon Premises, 1900. British colonial emporia or department stores in Rangoon. From " Typical Photographs of Burma - Burmese Life and Scenes". [Rowe & Co. Ltd

Background imageYangon Collection: Royal Lakes, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown

Royal Lakes, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Royal Lakes, Rangoon, 1900. From " Typical Photographs of Burma - Burmese Life and Scenes". [Rowe & Co. Ltd. Rangoon, 1900]

Background imageYangon Collection: Sacred Horse Shoe Lake and Zayats, Wingaba, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown

Sacred Horse Shoe Lake and Zayats, Wingaba, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Sacred Horse Shoe Lake and Zayats, Wingaba, Rangoon, 1900. From " Typical Photographs of Burma - Burmese Life and Scenes". [Rowe & Co. Ltd. Rangoon, 1900]

Background imageYangon Collection: Large Figure of Buddha on Shwe Dagon Platform, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown

Large Figure of Buddha on Shwe Dagon Platform, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Large Figure of Buddha on Shwe Dagon Platform, Rangoon, 1900. From " Typical Photographs of Burma - Burmese Life and Scenes". [Rowe & Co. Ltd. Rangoon, 1900]

Background imageYangon Collection: Reclined Buddha, Wingaba, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown

Reclined Buddha, Wingaba, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Reclined Buddha, Wingaba, Rangoon, 1900. From " Typical Photographs of Burma - Burmese Life and Scenes". [Rowe & Co. Ltd. Rangoon, 1900]

Background imageYangon Collection: Wood Carved Shrines with Glass Mosaic work at the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, 1900

Wood Carved Shrines with Glass Mosaic work at the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, 1900. Built by the Mon people between the 6th and 10th centuries on Singuttara Hill

Background imageYangon Collection: Shrines at the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown

Shrines at the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Shrines at the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, 1900. From " Typical Photographs of Burma - Burmese Life and Scenes". [Rowe & Co. Ltd. Rangoon, 1900]

Background imageYangon Collection: Shrine of the Great Bell at the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown

Shrine of the Great Bell at the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Shrine of the Great Bell at the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, 1900. From " Typical Photographs of Burma - Burmese Life and Scenes". [Rowe & Co. Ltd. Rangoon, 1900]

Background imageYangon Collection: Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown

Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, 1900. From " Typical Photographs of Burma - Burmese Life and Scenes". [Rowe & Co. Ltd. Rangoon, 1900]

Background imageYangon Collection: South Entrance to Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown

South Entrance to Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown
South Entrance to Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon, 1900. From " Typical Photographs of Burma - Burmese Life and Scenes". [Rowe & Co. Ltd. Rangoon, 1900]

Background imageYangon Collection: Rice Mills on the Poozoondoung Creek, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown

Rice Mills on the Poozoondoung Creek, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Rice Mills on the Poozoondoung Creek, Rangoon, 1900. From " Typical Photographs of Burma - Burmese Life and Scenes". [Rowe & Co. Ltd. Rangoon, 1900]

Background imageYangon Collection: Merchant Street, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown

Merchant Street, Rangoon, 1900. Creator: Unknown
Merchant Street, Rangoon, 1900. Merchant Street sits at the heart of Yangons historic downtown area, where the roads are lined with majestic but decaying structures that date back to British colonial

Background imageYangon Collection: Strand Road, Rangoon. - Post Office, Imperial Bank of India. Custom House in distance, 1900

Strand Road, Rangoon. - Post Office, Imperial Bank of India. Custom House in distance, 1900. From " Typical Photographs of Burma - Burmese Life and Scenes". [Rowe & Co. Ltd. Rangoon, 1900]

Background imageYangon Collection: Illuminated Shwedagon Paya, the most important buddhist temple in all Myanmar, Yangon Rangun

Illuminated Shwedagon Paya, the most important buddhist temple in all Myanmar, Yangon Rangun, Myanmar, Burma. September 2009

Background imageYangon Collection: View near Rangoon, c1880

View near Rangoon, c1880. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]

Background imageYangon Collection: Leaders in the Burma Campaign met in Rangoon after the citys fall on May 3, 1945, 1945

Leaders in the Burma Campaign met in Rangoon after the citys fall on May 3, 1945, 1945
Leaders in the Burma Campaign met in Rangoon after the citys fall on May 3, 1945, 1942. Lieutenant General Sir William Slim (GOC-in-Chief 14th Army)

Background imageYangon Collection: The Quartermasters Staff of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, Rangoon, Burma, 1913

The Quartermasters Staff of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, Rangoon, Burma, 1913. The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army

Background imageYangon Collection: Hospital Orderlies of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, Rangoon, Burma, 1913

Hospital Orderlies of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, Rangoon, Burma, 1913. The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army

Background imageYangon Collection: The Pioneers of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, Rangoon, Burma, 1913

The Pioneers of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, Rangoon, Burma, 1913. The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army

Background imageYangon Collection: The Regimental Police of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, Rangoon, Burma, 1913

The Regimental Police of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, Rangoon, Burma, 1913. The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army

Background imageYangon Collection: The Garrison Police of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, Rangoon, Burma, 1913

The Garrison Police of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, Rangoon, Burma, 1913. The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army

Background imageYangon Collection: The Colours of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, Rangoon, Burma, 1913

The Colours of the 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, Rangoon, Burma, 1913. The Royal Munster Fusiliers was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army

Background imageYangon Collection: Street leading towards the Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma, late 19th or early 20th century

Street leading towards the Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma, late 19th or early 20th century. Buddhist tradition holds that the Shwedagon Pagoda was built before the Buddha died in 486 BC




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Yangon, the vibrant capital city of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), is a treasure trove of cultural and architectural wonders. One cannot miss the Swedawmyat Paya, a magnificent pagoda that stands tall in this bustling metropolis. As you wander through the streets of Yangon, also referred to as Rangoon, you will be captivated by its rich history and enchanting charm. At dawn, the gilded Shwedagon Pagoda emerges against a clear sky, casting an ethereal glow over Yangon. This iconic landmark is not only a symbol of faith but also an architectural masterpiece that leaves visitors in awe. Close up shots of Burmese Buddhist monk hands praying showcase their devotion and spirituality. The allure lies not only in its religious sites but also in its natural beauty. The Botahtaung Pagoda at dawn offers breathtaking views that are truly mesmerizing. Twilight brings about another spectacle - the golden stupa at Shwedagon Pagodo shimmers against the backdrop of a darkening sky. World-famous for its grandeur and magnificence, Shwedagon continues to attract tourists from all corners of the globe to Yangon. Its gold-studded spires stand tall as if reaching for heaven itself. As you explore further into this captivating city, colonial architecture on Sule Pagoda Road takes you back in time to when British influence shaped Yangon's landscape. The intricate designs and ornate details tell stories of a bygone era. Chinthes or guardians stationed at various points around Shwedagon Pagoda add an element of mystique to this already enchanting place. These mythical creatures serve as protectors and lend an air of reverence to this sacred site. Yangon is more than just a city; it is an experience like no other.