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Pagoda of Fogong Temple (Yingxian Wooden Pagoda)

Liao dynasty builders · Yingxian, China · 1056

Key features67 m all-timber pagoda, no nails: five storeys outside, nine inside, held by 54 kinds of bracket sets.

Architect
Liao dynasty builders
Place
Yingxian, China
Year
1056
Typology
Religious
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
East Asia
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