One Pillar Pagoda, Hanoi, Vietnam
2010 Hanoi, Vietnam
The One Pillar Pagoda in Hanoi, Vietnam, photographed in 2010, stands near the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. First built in 1049 during the Ly Dynasty, the wooden pagoda rests on a single stone pillar rising from a lotus pond and is among Vietnam's most recognizable religious structures.
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