Amarapura

Situated about 11km south of Mandalay. It is an ancient captial of the Konbaung Dynasty Amarapura was founded by King Bodawpaya in 1783. In 1823, King Bagyidaw moved back to Inwa Capital and in 1841 Amarapura again became the capital but in 1857, King Mindon decied to make Mandalay the captial and the change over was completed in 1860. There are several places of interest in this accient city which was also the site for the first British Embassy in Myanmar in 1795 and the largest teak wood 1.2 km long U Bein Wooden Bridge built over the seasonal Taung Thamanlake in 1786.

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