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The Architecture of the Medical College on Chakpori, Lhasa

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Fig. 5:
The Potala/Chakpori area in Lhasa


Existing structures on Chakpori
Map compiled and redrawn by Knud Larsen
1999

The viewpoint at the water tank on Chakpori is marked with a yellow asterisk. Below are seen the caves, the small nunnery and the small houses which supposedly were used by doctors at the Medical College.

From the tourist map: Knud Larsen and Amund Sinding-Larsen, Tibet, The Lhasa Map. Traditional Tibetan Architecture and Townscape, Architektur und Stadtbild des traditionellen Tibet, Architecture et paysage urbain tibétains traditionnels (Hinteregg: Gecko Maps, 2005).