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The Dragon House of Sanssouci Park, an eighteenth-century German attempt at imitating Chinese architecture; The Panasonic 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. [25]
The Liuhe Pagoda, or Six Harmonies Pagoda, is another example of Song-era pagoda architecture. It is located in the Southern Song capital of Hangzhou, in Zhejiang Province, at the foot of Yuelun Hill facing the Qiantang River. Although the original was destroyed in 1121, the current tower was erected in 1156 and fully restored by 1165.
Pagoda Avalokitesvara (Pagoda Guanyin) is on the main path of the complex. Construction started in August 2004 and opened by July 14, 2005. This building is the tallest pagoda tower in Indonesia at 45 meters. The architecture follows the design of the main temple and represents Metta Karuna or love of Buddha.
Leifeng Pagoda is a five story tall tower with eight sides, ... and was designed by Guo Daiheng and Lv Zhou of the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University. The ...
The pagoda is so-named not because it is made of iron, but because its color resembles that of iron. It is a brick pagoda tower built on the location of a previous wooden one that had been burnt down by lightning fire in 1044. Along with the Liuhe, Lingxiao, Liaodi, Pizhi, and Beisi pagodas, it is seen as a masterpiece of Song dynasty architecture.
Upon completion in 1055, the Liaodi Pagoda surpassed the height of China's previously tallest pagoda still standing, the central pagoda of the Three Pagodas, which stands at 69.13 m (230 ft). The tallest pagoda in pre-modern Chinese history was a 100-meter (330 ft)-tall wooden pagoda tower in Chang'an built in 611 by Emperor Yang of Sui , yet ...
The pagoda features fifty-four different kinds of bracket arms in its construction, the greatest amount for any Liao dynasty structure. [11] [13] Between each outer story of the pagoda is a mezzanine layer where the bracket arms are located on the exterior. Two pinnacle concepts to Chinese palatial architecture are exhibited in the monastery.
The tower stands at about 59 metres (194 ft), and has a diameter at the base of 12.7 metres (42 ft). [4] It covers a total area of 111 square metres. [4] Functioning in a similar fashion to Chigang Pagoda, it was built for Fengshui and allow safe navigation of merchant ships traveling along the Pearl River towards Guangzhou. [4]