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Just one and a half-hour's drive from Yangon lies a city known as Bago. It used to be a capital of Mons and Myanmars for several centuries. Also known as Hanthawady and it was the renowned capital of the famous Myanmar King Bayintnaung who founded the Second Dynasty of Myanmar in the mid 16th century.
It is said that during his reign Myanmar Kingdom encompassed the areas of what is now Chaing Mai and parts of northern Thailand and Laos. Visitors can see his Palace Kanbawzathadi, which was once the center of largest empire in mainland Southeast Asia. Other recommended places include Shwemawdaw Pagoda built over 2,000 years ago and Its Spire is even some 50 ft higher than the Great Shwedagon, the most beautiful statue of the reclining Shwe Thalyaung Buddha (55 m long and 16 m high) and Maha Zedi which is the most famous among the Pagodas built by King Bayintnaung. What you should not miss either is the city's famous cheroot-making industry.