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Tengboche Monastery

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This important Buddhist monastery dates back to 1923. It had to be rebuilt after the earthquake of 1934 and after a fire in 1989. Mt. Everest (8848 m) and Lhotse (8516 m) can be seen in the background of the photograph.

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on Tuesday 20 November 2012 by Martin Mergili
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4180 visits, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license