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Original: Nina R from Africa Derivative work: UnpetitproleX · CC BY 2.0

Event religious South Asia

Taktsang Palphug Monastery

1692 CE

Sacred Buddhist monastery clinging to a cliff face 3,120 m above the Paro Valley in…

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Buddhist temple complex in Paro, Bhutan

Paro Taktsang on Wikipedia.

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Landmark · South Asia

Taktsang Palphug Monastery

1692 CE – still standing

Sacred Buddhist monastery clinging to a cliff face 3,120 m above the Paro Valley in Bhutan

Standing in 1692 CE

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Paro Taktsang Original: Nina R from Africa Derivative work: UnpetitproleX · CC BY 2.0