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title: Mot Cot Pagoda
author: dalbera
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1441/mot-cot-pagoda/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Mot Cot Pagoda
_Authored by dalbera_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1441.jpg)
## Image Caption
Mot Cot Pagoda is a pagoda in the center of Hanoi. It was built in 1049 CE by Li Thanh Tong King. The [temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) is constructed of wood on a single stone pillar 1.25 m in diameter, and it is designed to resemble a lotus blossom, which is a [Buddhist](https://www.worldhistory.org/buddhism/) symbol of purity (as lotus often thrives in muddy ponds). In 1954 CE, the French Union forces destroyed the pagoda before withdrawing from Vietnam after the First Indochina [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) and it was subsequently rebuilt.
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_pagode_au_pilier_unique_%28Hanoi%29.jpg) by [**dalbera**](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_pagode_au_pilier_unique_%28Hanoi%29.jpg). Submitted by [anh tuan Nguyen](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/anh_tuan_Nguyen/ "User Page: anh tuan Nguyen"), published on 30 September 2013. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.