Mandalay Palace - Last Home of the Royals

The Mandalay Palace is a citadel with a collection of buildings in a square, with two kilometer long walls and surrounded by a moat. Badly damaged in the Second World War, this royal citadel has been rebuilt.  The Shwenandaw Monastery building, moved out of the Mandalay Palace in 1878, is the sole surviving structure of the original teak buildings of the Mandalay Palace.

The Mandalay Palace was actually an older palace from Amarapura. The old palace at Amarapura was dismantled and moved by elephants to Mandalay. The new Mandalay Palace was completed in 1859. This palace is a prime example of Myanmarese traditional palace design and is a delight to view.

Today, the Mandalay Palace is a primary symbol of Mandalay and a major tourist destination.

This video by chalitacbuff1 shows Mandalay Palace.

This video by novaskosia shows period pictures of the last Queen Myanmar