Temple · Buddhist
Bagan
Mandalay Region, Myanmar
UNESCO World Heritage Site (inscribed 2019)
Temple · Buddhist
Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Bagan is an extraordinary archaeological zone containing thousands of Buddhist temples, stupas and monasteries spread across the plains of central Myanmar, among the greatest concentrations of Buddhist architecture anywhere in the world.
Once the capital of the Pagan Kingdom, Bagan became a major centre of Buddhist learning and temple-building, and its thousands of surviving monuments remain active sites of worship and pilgrimage today.
Built primarily between the 11th and 13th centuries, over 2,000 temples and stupas survive from an original count believed to have exceeded 10,000, making Bagan one of the richest archaeological Buddhist landscapes in existence.
November to February for cooler, drier conditions suited to exploring the extensive temple plains.