Pagoda - Some Notable Pagodas

Some Notable Pagodas

Tiered towers with multiple eaves:

• Songyue Pagoda on Mount Song, Henan, China, built in 523.
• Palsangjeon, a five story pagoda at Beopjusa, Korea built in 553
• Miruksa Temple Pagoda at Iksan, Korea, built in the early 7th century.
• Xumi Pagoda at Zhengding, Hebei, China, built in 636.
• Daqin Pagoda in China, built in 640.
• Hwangnyongsa Wooden nine-story pagoda on Hwangnyongsa, Gyeongju, Korea, built in 645.
• Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, built in Xi'an, China in 652
• Pagoda at Hōryū-ji, Ikaruga, Nara, Japan, built in 7th century.
• Small Wild Goose Pagoda, built in Xi'an, China in 709.
• Seokgatap on Bulguksa, Gyeongju, Korea, built in 751.
• Dabotap on Bulguksa, Gyeongju, Korea, built in 751.
• Huqiu Tower, built in 961 outside of Suzhou, China
• Lingxiao Pagoda at Zhengding, Hebei, China, built in 1045.
• Iron Pagoda of Kaifeng, built in 1049 AD, during the Song Dynasty.
• Liaodi Pagoda of Dingzhou, built in 1055 AD during the Song Dynasty
• Pagoda of Fugong Temple, built in 1056 in Ying County, Shanxi, China.
• Pizhi Pagoda of Lingyan Temple, Shandong, China, 11th century.
• Beisi Pagoda at Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, built in 1162.
• Liuhe Pagoda of Hangzhou, built in 1165 AD, during the Song Dynasty.
• Ichijō-ji, Kasai, Hyōgo, Japan, built in 1171.
• The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing, built between 1402 and 1424, a wonder of the medieval world in Nanjing, China.
• Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda in Ping Shan, Hong Kong, built in 1486.
• Thien Mu Pagoda, in Hue, Vietnam, built in 1601.
• Tō-ji, the tallest wooden structure in Kyoto, Japan, built in 1644.
• Nyatapola at Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley built during 1701-1702 AD.
• The Great Pagoda at Kew Gardens, London, UK, built in 1762.
• Tran Quoc Pagoda, Ha Noi, Vietnam, founded in the 6th century, but current pagoda was built in 1815.
• Reading Pagoda of Reading, Pennsylvania, built in 1908.
• The Japan Pavilion's pagoda at Epcot Center, Florida, built in 1982.
• Changzhou Tianning Baota, the tallest pagoda in the world since its completion in April 2007, stands at 153.7m in height.

Stupas called "pagodas":

• Global Pagoda, the largest unsupported domed stone structure in the world.
• Mingun Pahtodawgyi, a monumental uncompleted stupa began by King Bodawpaya in 1790. If completed, it would be the largest in the world at 150 meters.
• Pha That Luang, the holiest wat, pagoda, and stupa in Laos, in Vientiane
• Phra Pathom Chedi the highest pagoda or stupa in the world Nakhon Pathom, Thailand.
• Shwedagon Pagoda, a 98 metres (322 ft) gilded pagoda and stupa located in Yangon, Burma. It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda for the Burmese with relics of the past four Buddhas enshrined within.
• Shwezigon Pagoda in Nyaung Oo, Burma. Completed during the reign of King Kyanzittha in 1102, it is a prototype of Burmese stupas.
• Uppatasanti Pagoda, a 325 feet tall landmark in the Burmese capital of Naypyitaw, built from 2006 to 2009, which houses a Buddha tooth relic.

Places called "pagoda" but which are not tiered structures with multiple eaves:

• Chùa Một Cột- One Pillar Pagoda, Hanoi, Vietnam, is an icon of Vietnamese culture; it was built in 1049, destroyed, and rebuilt in 1954.

Structures that invoke pagoda architecture:

• The Dragon House of Sanssouci Park, which is an eighteenth century German attempt at imitating Chinese architecture.
• The Bombardier Pagoda, or Pagoda Tower, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This 13-story pagoda, used as the control tower for races such as the Indy 500, has been transformed several times since it was first built in 1913.
• Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai, built between 1994-1999.
• Taipei 101 in Taiwan, record setter for height (508m) in 2004 and currently the world's second tallest completed building.

Structures not generally thought of as pagodas, but which have some pagoda-like characteristics:

• The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests at the Temple of Heaven
• Wongudan Altar in Korea

Other Uses:

• Mercedes-Benz W113, nicknamed Pagoda for its concave hard top roof line. Included are the 1964-1971 230SL, 250SL, and 280SL sport coupes.