16th DECEMBER 2019 ~ This was the building that was special in its own way. Unlike other pagoda or monastery, Golden Palace Monastery was made of teak wood.
You could see the wood was finely carved and there were intricate designs adorning the structure.
"The Shwenandaw Monastery was originally part of the Royal Palace in Amarapura. When the capital city was moved to Mandalay, the building was dismantled, transported to Mandalay and rebuild there as part of the new all teak Royal Palace in 1857. King Mindon used the building as his personal living quarters. After the King died, his son relocated the building to its current location outside of the Palace grounds, where it was converted into a monastery in 1880."
SOURCE: Renown Travel
I just hope the monastery could be preserved as I could see some parts of the building was already damaged.
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