Thursday, July 03, 2025

Yongning Temple Pagoda Remains, Luoyang, Henan


This pyramid-like mound is all that remains of Yongning Temple Pagoda in Luoyang, Henan. The wooden structure that rested on it was once perhaps 147 meters (nearly 500 feet) tall, which would have made it then the world's tallest building. It burned in 534 in a fire that lasted for three months!

Posted to Posted to Reddit and Bluesky, July 3, 2025

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