Mandalay Palace

Site common name	Mandalay Palace
Type of artwork	Architecture
Village	-
Province/City	Mandalay
State	Mandalay
Country	Myanmar
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 21.992778 Long : 95.097222

History of production	King Mindon, after shifting the capital form Amamrapura to Mandalay, ordered to constructed the palace by reusing the wood from the former Amarapura palace. This palace was the residence of tow kings, Mindon and Thibaw. When the British colonized the country, the palace was converted to be a cantonment and was destroyed by fire during the world war II. In modern time, the palace was reconstructed imitating the older one.
Art	Mandalay palace can be divided into three parts. Myenan Phyathat, the pointed spired pavilion, is the main throne hall for the main court assembly as well as for the important royal ceremonies. The second part is the private residential area for the monarch. The third part is the residential area of the queens and the concubines. These multi-tiered roofed pavilions are normally considered to be the pavilion for the high-rankings.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Amarapura-Mandalay
Age	19th-20th century A.D.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-02-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali