Lhasa, Tibet
Near the top of the world sits once-remote Lhasa. Today, it's bustling with tourists and pilgrims, who still circle the fabled city's holy sites.
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Tibet
Drepung Monastery, about 5 miles northwest of Lhasa -- a Central Asian holy city of nearly 475,000 -- was a stronghold of the Gelugpa Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It was founded in 1416 by a disciple of the sect's founder, Tsongkhapa.
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