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

Mandalay - The Soul of Myanmar

Make the decision to go to Myanmar.  The money you spend on the ground in Myanmar genuinely goes direct to the local people.  The government gets its funds from other governments friendly to it anyway.

Mandalay, along the Ayeyarwady River,  was the royal capital of Myanmar just before the British conquest. It is only about 160 years old.  Bombed heavily in the Second World War, Mandalay today it is modern Myanmar’s cultural and religious center.

The Mandalay Palace, Shwenandaw Monastery, Mahamuni Paya and Kuthodaw Paya are some of the notable places to visit.  There are many other sights to see in and around Mandalay. And if you have the time, go up Mandalay Hill to have a panoramic view of the city and its surroundings, plus see the all the sights on your way up and at the foot of the hil.

This video by video123x gives us a perspective of modern Mandalay.

This video by imageplayer gives us another insight to Mandalay.

And this video by RussellMalcolm on Tayside Opera's brilliant rendition of Rudyard Kipling's Road to Mandalay.  For the politically correct, do note the disclaimer at the end of the show.