| Country |
Province
State |
Region |
City
Town |
District |
Site OR Event |
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Description |
Year
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| China |
Gansu |
Jiayuguan to Dunhuang Train |
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 Crossing a motorway in the Gobi Desert. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Dunhuang is an oasis in the Gobi Desert. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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City lake with pavillion. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Street decoration. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Bridge over the lake with sand dunes surrounding the city. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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The city lake bridge. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Crossing the city lake over the bridge. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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The city is very green. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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By the canal. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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View of the sand dunes around the city. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Gate near the entrance of the city. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Hotel lobby. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Street scene. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Tiled painting. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Dunhuang has wide pavements. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Breakfast pavillion at a hotel. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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View from the breakfast pavillion. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Family having breakfast. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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The entrance to the night market. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Food in the night market. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Evrything is freshly prepared. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Pavillion. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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The market is lit up at night. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Nuts. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Beef, tofu and cabbage on rice. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Making pasties. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Grilled fish. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Dumplings. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Grilled chicken and squid. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Mutton pilaf from Xinjiang Province. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Dumplings. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Making noodles. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Frying noodles with beef and vegetables. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Beef noodles. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Adding flavour to a fish on the grill. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Adding fire to a fish. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Grilled fish. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Night Market |
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Bread with grapes. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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The streets are brightly lit at night. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Dunhuang railway station at night. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Crescent Lake Oasis |
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Sand dunes at the edge of Dunhuang. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Crescent Lake Oasis |
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People visiting the sand dunes. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Crescent Lake Oasis |
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Visitors taking photos. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Crescent Lake Oasis |
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Visitors on the shuttle bus around the site. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Crescent Lake Oasis |
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Spectacular view of the Gobi Desert. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Crescent Lake Oasis |
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Sand dunes. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Crescent Lake Oasis |
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Two women. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Crescent Lake Oasis |
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The beautiful Crescent Lake Oasis. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Crescent Lake Oasis |
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Woman posing by the lake. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Crescent Lake Oasis |
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Yueguan Pavillion. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Crescent Lake Oasis |
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Yueguan Pavillion is a former Buddhist temple. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Crescent Lake Oasis |
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Sand dunes from Yueguan Pavillion. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Crescent Lake Oasis |
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View of the lake from Yueguan Pavillion. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Crescent Lake Oasis |
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View from the pavillion. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Crescent Lake Oasis |
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Three Hong Kongers. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Crescent Lake Oasis |
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Four women. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Museum |
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Bronze turtle dove from the Jin Dynasty in the local city museum. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Museum |
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Painted brick from the Jin Dynassty. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Museum |
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Lotus petal column from the Tang Dynasty. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Museum |
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Brick with dragon from a Tang Dynasty tomb. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Museum |
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Replica of Cave 45 of the nearby Mogao Caves. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Museum |
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The ceiling of Cave 45. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Museum |
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Ming Dynastry porcelain chickens. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Museum |
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Yuan Dynastry bronze jar. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Museum |
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Qing Dynastry jade belt hook. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Museum |
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Aspara (angel) on woven silk. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Museum |
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Father and son visitors. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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The Mogao Visitor Centre is 10km from the city centre. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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The Mogao Caves are 25km from Dunhuang. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Desert landscape. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Desert and mountains. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Desert and mountains. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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The Mogao Caves are carved with Buddhas and contain vivid murals. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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There are over 400 caves carved into the cliff at the Magao Caves. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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The caves were begun in the 3rd century and have been added to until the 1800s. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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Structures in the desert near the caves. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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In the early 1900s, thousands of manuscripts were discovered in one of the caves. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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Many of the region's manuscripts were carted off to museums in Europe. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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This Tibertan silk painting is now in the British Museum. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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This Tang Dynasty painting is now in the British Library. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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This Silk painting is in the British Museum. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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The Magao Caves are one of the big four such sites on the Silk Road. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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Cave 329 is a Tang cave with carved Buddhas and murals. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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Cave 332 shows strong colours from 1500 years ago. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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Cave 334 shows murals of Buddhas. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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Cave 17 has an Indian style central pillar. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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Some of the murals are outside. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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Most of the caves are locked to protect them from the elements. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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The 35m high Buddha in Cave 96 is the third larest in the world. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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Painting on the Buddha (Cave 96). |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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External paintings (Cave 96). |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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Another big Buddha in Cave 130. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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Detail of the Buddha's robe (Cave 130). |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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Murals in Cave 148. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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Temple guardian (Cave 148). |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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Woman at the caves. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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There are many structures in the desert close to the caves. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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Stupas. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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Mogao Caves |
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Desert scenery. |
2025 |
| China |
Gansu |
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Dunhuang |
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The road to Dunhuang from the Magao Caves. |
2025 |
