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Amarbayasgalant Monastery
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The Amarbayasgalant monastery was built between 1727 and 1736 as the final resting place of Undur Gegeen Zanabazar, the first Bogd or spiritual leader of Buddhism in Outer Mongolia.
It is located in the Iven Valley near the Selenge River at the foot of Mount Burenkhan. It is one of the three largest monasteries in Mongolia. There are large tombstones throughout the valley from the Turkish period between the 3rd and 7th centuries.
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Official Information
- Full Name
- Amarbayasgalant monastery and sacred cultural landscape (ID: 5947)
- Country
- Mongolia
- Status
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On tentative list 2014
Site history
History of Amarbayasgalant monastery
- 2014: Added to Tentative List
- Added to tentative list
- Type
- Cultural
- Criteria
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- UNESCO
- whc.unesco.org
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- Community Category
- Religious structure: Buddhist
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