Leh Palace Ladakh Jammu and Kashmir India

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Leh Palace built in the sixteenth century by Sengge Namgyal. It was abandoned in the 1940s. It is a textbook example of medieval Tibetan architecture, in the style of Lhasa's Potala Palace in Tibet.

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Size: 5402px × 3543px
Location: Leh Ladakh Jammu and Kashmir India
Photo credit: © Adrian Weston / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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