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Your ”insider’s” journey through The
Secretariat Yangon will take you to see the stately interior of the historic Yangon Parliament House where Burma’s self-rule first began and the West Wing location of the assassination of General Aung San, the father of Modern Myanmar, and 6 cabinet members on 19
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Two of the four towers on the corner buildings as well as the central dome collapsed during an earthquake in the 1930s. The building has been vacant since the government was moved to the new capital
Naypyidaw. The government debated whether to restore it and turn it into a hotel or museum. In 2011,
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Parliament building was built in 1919. It is the very place where the independence of the country was handed over by the British on 4 January 1948. In-front of the building is the flagpole where the Union Jack was lowered and the flag of Independent Burma was raised. Just a few meters away from
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The building is a U-shape with the parliament building engulfed around. Due to the city's soft landscape, the
Northern Wing of the building sunk a few meters underground. The Eastern and Western Wing was constructed and finished in 1905 to support it. The building originally consists of 16 cupolas
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Each year on the anniversary of his death, General Aung San's former office and the room where he and his cabinet were gunned down are open to the public. On July 19, 2017, the country celebrated the 70th anniversary of
Martyrs' Day. For the first time since the building closed, the
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The building is situated on 6.5 hectares (16 acres). It takes up an entire city block with
Anawrahta Road to the north, Theinbyu Road to the east, Maha Bandoola Road to the south and Bo Aung Kyaw Street to the west. It is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) South East of
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Victorian-style building is made from red and yellow brick and constructed in a U-shape. Construction began in late 1889. The central building was completed in 1902, while the complex's eastern and western wings were finished in 1905, at the cost of
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As you and your guide wind your way through the layers of history you will see original teak wood details, soaring ceiling heights, and if construction activity allows, the impressive double spiral iron staircase in the South Wing of the complex.
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2.5 million. Until 1972, the complex was called the
Government Secretariat.The British assigned Henry Hoyne-Fox, executive engineer at government’s public works the task of designing a sprawling new Victorian-style complex on 16 acres in Yangon.
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and eight cabinet ministers were assassinated. The
British administration moved the office from Strand Road after administrative work increased greatly resulting in an urgent need to expand the cramped and poorly lit administration building.
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The steel used in the support structure of the buildings was shipped in from
Glasgow, Scotland and the original roof tiles were manufactured in France while the bricks and teak for the woodwork were locally sourced across Asia.
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visited the building to honor the fallen. While on his tour of the building, Obama offered assistance with urban development and heritage protection. The president was accompanied Dr.
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This building is where General Aung San, the father of modern Myanmar, spent his working days. On 19 July 1947, during a meeting of the Executive Council at the Ministers Building,
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Explore the history of the colossal colonial building and learn the details of the complex’s multi-year renovation effort while being escorted by an expert local guide.
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The Secretariat now offers Daily Guided Heritage Tours to visitors for a peek behind closed doors and construction scaffolding.
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