Karakorum
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Karakorum was the capital of the Mongol Empire between 1235 and 1260 and of the Northern Yuan dynasty in the late 14th and 15th centuries. Its ruins lie in the northwestern corner of the Övörkhangai P
Erdene Zuu Monastery
Stupas around Erdene Zuu Monastery in Karakorum
13th-century stone turtle (bixi)
The Silver Tree of Karakorum. 18th-century Dutch imagination.
Erdene Zuu Monastery
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The Erdene Zuu Monastery is probably the earliest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia. Built in 1585, it is located in Kharkhorin, Övörkhangai Province and is now included within the Orkhon Valle
Karakorum
…Its ruins lie in the northwestern corner of the Övörkhangai Province of modern-day Mongolia, near the present town of Kharkhorin and adjacent to the Erdene Zuu Monastery, which is likely the oldest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia. They are located in the upper part of the World Heritage Site Orkhon Valley. The…
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Erdene Zuu Monastery
Main gate
Lavrin Temple