In 1858 the foundations for the
Myanmar Mandalay Palace
wall were laid out and persons
selected to be buried alive
under each gate and one under
each corner of the Mandalay
Palace wall. In addition, four
were buried under the Mandalay
Palace Lion Throne and others at
strategic points. All together
fifty-two humans, among them a
pregnant woman, were buried
within the Mandalay palace fortress on the
advice an assembly of
astrologers.
The
fortified Mandalay Palace,
built in the form of a square
with brick and mud-plastered
walls, is 8 meters high and 2
kilometers long. It has 12 gates
equidistant from each other, 3
on each side, surmounted by
tiered roofs. A moat (picture
below) 66 meters wide and 3.7
meters deep, surrounds the city
with four bridges leading to the
doors in he wall.
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