Yaw Mingyi Monastery ( my, ယောမင်းကြီးအုတ်ကျောင်း) is a

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, Burma, built in 1866 under the patronage of

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, the Yaw Mingyi. Unlike classic Burmese monasteries, the Yaw Mingyi Monastery was a brick monastery modeled after a hotel the Yaw Mingyi had seen while traveling in

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, and as such, adopts European flourishes and is extravagantly carved in plaster. It was located near the Salin Monastery. The monastery was burned down all wooden infrastructure, remained only brick structure during

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during the

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bombing of Mandalay.

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{{Buddhist sites in Myanmar Monasteries in Myanmar Buddhist temples in Mandalay 19th-century Buddhist temples Religious buildings and structures completed in 1866 1866 establishments in Burma

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