Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China : Prayer flags by the Shigatse Dzong (fort) first built in the 17th century as a smaller prototype of the Pot

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Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China : Prayer flags by the Shigatse Dzong (fort) first built in the 17th century as a smaller prototype of the Potala palace before the capital was moved to Lhasa. It was destroyed during the Chinese Cultural Revolution in 1961, and then rebuilt in 2007 as a museum.

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Size: 3343px × 2229px
Location: shigatse
Photo credit: © Luis Dafos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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