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Lo Manthang

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Lo Manthang is the capital of the former Kingdom of Lo. It is located at an ancient trade route through the Himalayas. The settlement dates from the 15th century and is surrounded by an earthen wall. There’s a palace and Tibetan Buddhist monasteries.

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Medieval Earthern Walled City of Lo Manthang (ID: 5256)
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Nepal
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On tentative list 2008 Site history
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2008: Added to Tentative List
Added to tentative list
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First published: 06/07/08.

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Lo Manthang

Lo Manthang (On tentative list)

Lo Manthang by Roman Bruehwiler

Medieval earthern walled city of Lo manthang is great amazing to the viewers.As being a habitant of the same place,when i was small i do not used to think about it a lot.As i know and I have seen,the wall is coloured red.It is about approx.40 feet high and 2-3 feet broad.There are two main gates.

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