The 34-meter-tall pagoda, a national treasure built in the early eighth century, had been taken apart for renovations for the first time in about a century, removing the historical attraction from ...

The structure is covered in gold plates and topped with a crown containing 4,531 diamonds, including one that weighs 72 carats.

But there is one, which is believed to be the largest gold-covered structure on Earth, and it stands 112 metres tall. The Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar is thought to contain between six and ...

Located outside Guang'anmen in Beijing, it is one of the earliest tall buildings in the ancient capital, a valuable memento of the Liao Dynasty. Construction of the pagoda is estimated to have ...

In fact, the original purpose for building the pagoda was to provide a high position for the garrison troops to watch the enemy's activities. That was why it was made so tall. The multistoreyed ...