Ha Noi's Tran Quoc Pagoda, which is one of the icons of the city, has been named one of the most beautiful Buddhist temples in the world.

The U.K. news website Daily Mail recently ranked the nearly 1,500-years-old temple amongst 16 ‘most mesmerising pagodas’ in the world.

The pagoda, located on a small peninsula on the east side of the West Lake, is considered the oldest in Ha Noi.  It was completed in the year 545 on the shores of the Red River and was moved to the current site in the 1600s due to erosion.

In October, travel site Thrillist also named the pagoda amongst a list of 11 ‘stunningly gorgeous’ pagoda temples around the world.

The Daily Mail list recommends many pagodas in the world’s Buddhist centers Myanmar and Thailand, as well as some in Japan, Mongolia and South Korea.

Here are some photos of the Tran Quoc pagoda.

Tran Quoc Pagoda (Photo by VnExpress/hachi8)

A Bodhi tree at the pagoda (Photo by VnExpress/Ha Thanh)

(Photo by VnExpress/hachi8)

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 (Source: VNExpress International)