Nice print titled Pagode de Rangoun (Empire Birman), from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, nice hand coloring, approx. page size is 26 x 16.5 cm, approx. image size is 15.5 x 11 cm. From: Ernest Breton, Monuments de tous les peuples, Paris.

Shwedagon Pagoda

The Shwedagon Pagoda, officially titled Shwedagon Zedi Daw , also known as the Golden Pagoda, is a 98-metre (approx. 321.5 feet) gilded stupa located in Yangon, Burma. The pagoda lies to the west of Kandawgyi Lake, on Singuttara Hill, thus dominating the skyline of the city. It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda for the Burmese with relics of the past four Buddhas enshrined within, namely the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Konagamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa and eight hairs of Gautama, the historical Buddha.