Fortress gardens and the Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma mb-artistname Frank Southgate Painted by Titian in 1537

Painted by Titian in 1537 for the Convent of Santa Maria degli Angeli at Murano

during an Amateur TT race

c1845-1851

15 July 1871

Fortress gardens and the Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma mb-artistname Frank Southgate Painted by Titian in 1537Fortress gardens and the Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card. Buddhist tradition holds that the Shwedagon Pagoda was built before the Buddha died in 486 BC, but archaeologists believe its construction dates from between the 6th and 10th century. The height of the stupa was increased on several occasions, reaching its current 98 metres (320 feet) in the 18th century.