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The reconstruction of Mandalay Palace: an interim report on aspects of design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2009

Elizabeth Moore
Elizabeth Moore
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School of Oriental and African Studies, London
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When King Mindon (reigned 1853–78) transferred his court to Mandalay and began to build his palace there in 1857, many parts of the teak buildings were brought from the old capital of Amarapura. In the hundred years before that, the palace had already been disassembled and moved from Ava to Amarapura and back again before King Shwebo Min finally reassembled the royal buildings at Amarapura in 1837. Each time, complex wood structures covered with gilt carvings were taken apart and transported to the new royal centre. When it was re-erected, embellishments were added, and the whole refurbished with new paint and gilding.

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Bulletin of SOAS , Volume 56 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 335 - 350
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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 1993

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