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Melody Music Garden
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Sights
Shwe Daza Paya
BUDDHIST TEMPLE
As you approach from the south, central Shwebo's skyline is given a very alluring dazzle
by a collection of golden pagoda spires. These cluster around the extensive, 500-year-old
Shwe Daza Paya. Close up, however, the complex feels a little anticlimactic. Across the
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was undergoing repairs at
the time of writing.
Shwebon Yadana
PALACE
(admission incl Hanlin $5; 7.30am-5pm)
The city's most striking buildings are a pair of
towering gold-painted wooden throne rooms, nine tiers high, once part of King Alaung-
paya's 1753 palace. What you see today, though, are reconstructed, empty structures; the
