Opening date 1860s | ||
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Location 84th St between 24th and 26th Streets
Chanayethazan, Mandalay
Mandalay Division, Myanmar Similar Mandalay Central Railway, Mandalay Palace, Shwenandaw Monastery, Mandalay Hill, Kuthodaw Pagoda | ||
Zegyo market in mandalay myanmar
Zegyo Market (Burmese: ဈေးချို), located in downtown Mandalay, is the oldest and most important market in Mandalay.
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Zegyo market in mandalay myanmar
History
Zegyo Market, covering 12 acres (4.86 hectares), was founded during the reign of King Mindon. It was a principal distribution center for beans, citrus fruit, cotton, nuts, onions, rice, tobacco and wheat as well as the main market for jewellery and handicrafts such as silver and gold embroidery. The market was totally destroyed by fire in 1897, and rebuilt in 1903 with a masonry structure designed by an Italian, Count Conte Calderari. In the 1990s, the colonial era structure was pulled down and replaced with a Chinese-style shopping center.
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