Images Dated 2011

India, Ladakh, Thiksey. The immense and beautifully gilded Maitreya Buddha in the Chamkhang temple at

India, Ladakh, Thiksey. The immense and beautifully gilded Maitreya Buddha in the Chamkhang temple at Thiksey Monastery

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Asia, Barren, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist, Chamkhang Temple, Cold, Desert, Future Buddha, Gelugpa, Gilded, Gilt, High Altitude, High Altitude Snow Desert, Himalaya, Himalayan Range, Himalayas, India, Indus, Indus Valley, Jwl, La Dags, Ladakh, Ladakhi, Leh, Little Tibet, Mahayana Buddhism, Maitreya, Monastery, Monastic, Mountainous, Mountains, Religion, Religious, Remote, Shangri La, Silk Route, Stark, Statue, Thikse Monastery, Thiksey Monastery, Tibetan Plateau, Winter

Italy, Umbria, Preci. A narrow street in Preci, known throughout Europe in the sixteenth century for its school for surgeons, founded by Benedictine monks, their main trade being the removal of kidney stones, eye surgery

Italy, Umbria, Preci. A narrow street in Preci, known throughout Europe in the sixteenth century for its school for surgeons, founded by Benedictine monks, their main trade being the removal of kidney stones, eye surgery and castration

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Benedictine, Europe, European, Italia, Italian, Italy, Jwl, Landscape, Medieval, Mountainous, Mountains, Narrow, Norcia, Perugia, Preci, Sibilline, Sibillini Mountains Park, Steep, Street, Surgeons, Surgery, Town, Umbria, Valnerina