The ancient cities of Bagan and Innwa in the Mandalay region will be submitted for inclusion to UNESCO's World Heritage List, according to officials from Myanmar's Department of Archaeology.
"If they are included in the UNESCO
list, the world will become more interested in our historical and
cultural heritages and more tourists will visit Myanmar," said an
official.
Bagan is situated on the misty plains
next to the Ayeyarwaddy River in central Myanmar and is home to over
2200 temples and pagodas that survive from the Kingdom of Pagan. At it's
height between the 9th and 13th century, Pagan was the first kingdom to
unify the regions that would later constitute modern Myanmar. The
archeological site of old Bagan, with it's panoramic views of hundreds
of ancient stupas, is one of Myanmar's main tourist attractions.
The government has also submitted three
ancient Pyu cities of Beikthano, Hanlin and Tharekhittra to UNESCO. The
government's previous attempts to have Bagan registered as a world
heritage site have failed due to the unauthentic restoration of some of
its ancient pagodas and temples by the previous military government.
Last month, a stone inscription from Kuthodaw Pagoda in Mandalay was
included in the UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. Myanmar has been a
member of the World Heritage Convention since 1994 but none of its
sites have yet been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
source: Eleven Myanmar
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