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  2. Kyichu Lhakhang - Wikipedia

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    The Jowo Temple of Kyichu is one of the oldest temples in Bhutan, originally built in the 7th century by the Tibetan Emperor Songtsen Gampo, the 33rd King of the Yarlung dynasty, who ruled Tibet for much of the first millennium.

  3. List of Knights Templar sites - Wikipedia

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    The Templars briefly owned the entire island of Cyprus in 1191–1192, preceding the establishment of the Kingdom of Cyprus; Gastria Castle, 1210–1279 [5]; Kolossi Castle, 1306–1313 [2]

  4. Maizhokunggar County - Wikipedia

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    Maizhokunggar County or Meldro Gungkar County is a county of Lhasa and east of the main center of Chengguan, Tibet Autonomous Region.It has an area of 5,492 square kilometres (2,120 sq mi) with an average elevation of over 4,000 metres (13,000 ft).

  5. List of locations associated with Arthurian legend - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list and assessment of sites and places associated with King Arthur and the Arthurian legend in general. Given the lack of concrete historical knowledge about one of the most potent figures in British mythology, it is unlikely that any definitive conclusions about the claims for these places will ever be established; nevertheless it is both interesting and important to try ...

  6. Killing caves of Phnom Sampeau - Wikipedia

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    The killing caves of Phnom Sampeau are a Khmer Rouge (KR) execution site on Phnom Sampeau, a hill 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Battambang in western Cambodia. KR killed their victims on top of the cave at the rim of a daylight shaft or ceiling hole and threw the corpses into the cave. [ 1 ]

  7. Chimi Lhakhang - Wikipedia

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    Chimi Lhakhang (Dzongkha: ཁྱི་མེད་ལྷ་ཁང), also known as Chime Lhakhang or Monastery or temple, is a Buddhist monastery in Punakha District, Bhutan. [1] Located near Lobesa , it stands on a round hillock and was founded and built in 1499 by the Drukpa Kagyu lama Ngawang Chogyal , [ 2 ] who was the 14th abbot of Ralung ...

  8. Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom

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    Wunü Mountain City (Onyeosanseong) was the first capital of Goguryeo. Gungnae and Hwando were also capitals of Goguryeo. [6]Wunü Mountain City is only partly excavated. Gungnae City, within the modern city of Ji'an, played the role of a supporting capital after the main Goguryeo capital moved to Pyon

  9. Kurjey Lhakhang - Wikipedia

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    Kurjey Lhakhang,སྐུ་རྗེས་ ཡང་ན་ གུ་རུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་གི་ ཞབས་རྗེས་ also known as the Kurjey Monastery, is located in the Bumthang valley in the Bumthang district of Bhutan. This is the final resting place of the remains of the first three Kings of Bhutan. [1]