The Secretariat Office In Yangon Myanmar

in #clature7 years ago (edited)

The Ministers' Building also called the Ministers' Office; 

formerly The Secretariat or Secretariat Building,

was the home and administrative seat of British Burma, in downtown Yangon, Burma.

Built in the late 1800s, the structure is more than 120 years old. 

The building is currently on the Yangon City Heritage List and completely abandoned. 

It occupies an entire city block, bounded by Anawrahta Road to the north, 

Theinbyu Road to the east, Maha Bandula Road to the south and Bo Aung Kyaw Street to the west.

The central building was completed in 1902, 

while the complex's eastern and western wings were finished in 1905, 

at the cost of 2.5 million kyats.Until 1972, the complex was called the Government Secretariat.

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