Erdene Zuu Monastery

Övörchangaj · Mongolia · Monastery

The monastery was built in 1585 from the stones of ruined Karakorum, Genghis Khan's old capital, and at its height housed a thousand monks. During the Stalinist purges of 1937–39 most of its temples were levelled and the monks shot or sent to the Gulag — part of a terror that claimed the lives of some 18,000 Mongolian monks. Only three temples and the wall with its 108 stupas were spared, kept as a showpiece for foreign guests. Visitors tell of monk-like figures gliding through the courtyards at dusk and of distant chanting from the empty halls at night.

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Hvor ligger Erdene Zuu Monastery?

Erdene Zuu Monastery ligger i Övörchangaj, Mongolia.

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