Shwebo Palace

Shwebon Yadana Mingala Palace (Burmese: ရွှေဘုံရတနာ မင်္ဂလာနန်းတော်) is a royal palace in Shwebo, Myanmar. The palace was originally built in 1753 AD by King Alaungphaya U Aung Zeya, who was the founder of the Konbaung dynasty^[1] and was capital city until 1760 when the capital was moved to nearby Sagain. Different to other Royal palaces in Myanmar it was centered on a large, graduated pavilion.^[2] Having two walls, the outer wall forms a 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) square closure, surrounded by a moat. With the tomb of King Alaungpaya located to the southeast of the palace building.^[3] It was reconstructed in 1999^[4] based on a mid 19th-century manuscript on a November 1853 expedition to collect the remaining timber posts of the palace, carve them out, and turn them into sacred images.^[2] It has 200-metre (660 ft) long city walls.

Shwebon Yadana Mingala Palace
ရွှေဘုံရတနာ မင်္ဂလာနန်းတော်
A reconstructed section of Shwebo Palace
General information
Status	Reconstructed; historical site
Architectural style	Traditional Burmese palace architecture
Location	Shwebo, Sagaing Region, Myanmar
Coordinates	22.5658°N 95.6938°E / 22.5658; 95.6938
Completed	Original: 1754 (main palace) Reconstructed: 1999
Owner	Government of Myanmar
Known for	Capital of the Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1760); birthplace of King Alaungpaya

The palace is home to the Shwebonyadana Palace Museum, built in 1994 and opened in 1999.^[5] The museum replaced an earlier museum that was first established in 1904.^[5]