The Potala above the green plain of the river Kyi-Chu. Lhasa is a mile away along the sacred way beside farms & lush water meadows. Tibet (1923)

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TIBET. Hidden every way by hills, the Potala, 300 feet high, flashes its golden roofs crowning deep red walls above the green plain of the river Kyi-Chu. Lhasa, the Rome of the Buddhist, but filthy and scavenged by pigs, is a mile from the Potala, along the sacred way beside farms and lush water meadows. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Engraved by E. N. A. Provenance: "Countries of the World". Type: Book illustration.

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Size: 6764px × 4601px
Location: Tibet
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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