The Architecture of the Medical College on Chakpori, Lhasa

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Fig. 8:
Chakpori seen from Norbulinka

View down Norbulinka Road from the main entrance to the Summerpalace Norbulinka
Photograph by Knud Larsen
2011

Chakpori Hill is clearly used as the focal point for this long, straight, modern street. It is easy to imagine the impact of a reconstructed Medical College on the top from this viewpoint. Rubble from the original Medical College is still lying on the slope below the top.