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Gyantse
Gyantse (also spelled Gyangtse; Wylie: rgyal rtse; Tibetan: ¢±£¢©º) is the third largest town in Tibet. It is located in Gyangzê County, Shigatse Prefecture. It is 3977 metres (13050 feet) above sea level, and is located on the Friendship Highway, which connects Kathmandu, Nepal to Lhasa, Tibet. Gyantse is notable for the Kumbum of the Palcho Monastery. Commissioned in 1440, this religious structure contains 108 chapels in its four floors, and is illustrated with over 10,000 murals. Gyantse with the Dzong fortress in the background Gyantse with the Dzong fortress in the background This Tibet-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.- Pelkor Choede - regarded as the center of Gyantse, monastery
- Gyantse Dzong - The fort has a few exhibitions detailing the history & use of the Dzong. A new exhibition center has been built by the main gate and houses an Anti-British Imperialists museum. It is a steep climb to the top of the fort but the views are well worth it.
- Gyantse Kumbum (Pelkor Chorten) - located within Pelkor Choede, eight story structure with buddhist images
Shigatse and Gyantse - Tibet Part 2
the complete city of Shigatse. GYANTSE: Gyantse is a little town (the third biggest in Tibet though) dominated by the Gyantse Dzong from the top of
Gyantse
Footage from the morning market in Gyantse, a remote village in Tibet....tibetronica i-morley Tibet
Gyantse
The beautiful village of Gyantse...Tibet gyantse children
Road in Tibet (Old Road from Gyantse to Lhasa)
Driving on the old road from Gyantse to Lhasa in our Toyota Landcruiser...Tibet Gyantse driving landcruiser
Gyantse fort
Gyantse fort...Gyantse fort
arrivee Gyantse
arrivee Gyantse...arrivee Gyantse
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a view from the monastery at Gyantse...gyantse
Gyantse Monastery
monks buddhas chanting...monks buddhas chanting
chorten Gyantse
chorten Gyantse...chorten Gyantse
Gyantse View
Just a short pan of the view (and rough track we rode in on) at Gyantse....gyantse tibet bike
Gyantse
The main square in Gyantse, Tibet...tibet Gyantse
106 on the way to Gyantse by cab with 2 tibetans
106 no taxi com dois Tibetanos no caminho pra Gyantse......Sai para dar uma volta
Voyage au Tibet Gyantse (BTN-10)
lac Yamdrok ou turquoise et Gyantse. http://www.marcopoloimaginaire.com/voyages.html...Tibet travel Gyantse Kamba-La lac Yamdrok
Run! Motorcycle taxi in Gyantse
the approach to Palkhor Chode Monastery by an motorcycle taxi in a town of Gyantse. Gyantse is thirdly a big town in Tibet, but is located in meters
Tibet - on top of the world
in 2006. From Kathmandu all the 1000km on the Friendship Highway past places like Gyantse, Shigatse to Lhasa - the Roof of the World, the Seat of
Tibet
the Base Camp up towards the peak, and returned through Shegar to Shigatse, Gyantse and back to Lhasa. Come with us and enjoy all this and many
Walking through a Tibetan Neighborhood
Traditional Tibetan neighborhoods like this one will disappear soon. We found much of Gyantse taken over by Han Chinese whose banners claimed they would turn this small, traditional
Tibet - Overland Lhasa Namtso to Kathmandu
people from Central Tibet. From Lhasa to the holy lake of Namtso and via Gyantse and Shigatse to Rongbuk basecamp at the foot of Mount Everest. Then back
The Rainbow Heart of Tibet - Many Blessings
music - Kathmandu to Lhasa overland via Nyalam, Tingri, Lhatse, Shigatse and Gyantse. The last pictures are from Kushinagar - India , Mahasamadhi of the Buddha
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