The national landmark of Burma, the Shwedagon rises 320 ft. from the ground and is totally covered in pure gold. You can see it glowing in the night from many parts of the city of Rangoon. I visited it a few years ago and it is even more beautiful in person. Just wanted to share.
From Rudyard Kipling's From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches (1899):
"Then, a golden mystery upheaved itself on the horizon, a beautiful winking wonder that blazed in the sun, of a shape that was neither Muslim dome nor Hindu temple-spire. It stood upon a green knoll, and below it were lines of warehouses, sheds, and mills. Under what new god, thought I, are we irrepressible English sitting now?"