Qinghai-Tibet-Sichuan-Tibet Highway Monument
Qinghai-Tibet-Sichuan-Tibet Highway Monument, also known as Sichuan-Tibet and Qinghai-Tibet Highway Monument, Sichuan-Tibet and Qinghai-Tibet Highway Opening Monument, is a monument located at the intersection of Jinzhu West Road and Minzu Road, Gongdelin Street, Chengguan District, Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, on the banks of the Lhasa River.- Type: Memorial
- Description: monument in Lhasa, Tibet, China
- Also known as: “Sichuan-Tibet and Qinghai-Tibet Highway Monument”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Norbulingka and Tibetan National Museum.
Norbulingka
Park
Photo: John Hill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Norbulingka is a palace and surrounding park in Lhasa, Tibet built from 1755. It served as the traditional summer residence of the successive Dalai Lamas from the 1780s up until the 14th Dalai Lama's exile in 1959. Norbulingka is situated 1 km northwest of Qinghai-Tibet-Sichuan-Tibet Highway Monument.
Tibetan National Museum
Museum
Photo: Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tibet Museum is the official museum of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in Lhasa. Inaugurated on October 5, 1999, it is the first large, modern museum in the Tibet Autonomous Region. Tibetan National Museum is situated 400 metres northeast of Qinghai-Tibet-Sichuan-Tibet Highway Monument.
Chagpori
Peak
Chagpori, or Chakpori, Chokpori, Chagpo Ri is a spirit-mountain of Vajrapani in Lhasa, Tibet. It is south of Potala and is considered to be one of the four holy mountains of central Tibet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lhasa and Zhol Village.
Lhasa
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lhasa is the capital of the Tibet autonomous region in China. It is 3,650 m above sea level on the northern slopes of the Himalayas.
Zhol Village
Neighborhood
Zhol Village, or Shol Village, is a village at the base of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet. It contained the residences and administrative buildings of Ganden Phodrang's government officials and other Tibetans. Zhol Village is situated 2½ km northeast of Qinghai-Tibet-Sichuan-Tibet Highway Monument.
Pargor Subdistrict
Suburb
The Barkhor Square, or Barkhor, is an historic area of narrow streets and a public square with markets, and the circumambulation route around the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet, China. Pargor Subdistrict is situated 3½ km east of Qinghai-Tibet-Sichuan-Tibet Highway Monument.
Qinghai-Tibet-Sichuan-Tibet Highway Monument
- Categories: cultural heritage of China and historic site
- Location: Lhasa, Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.64828° or 29° 38′ 54″ northLongitude
91.0956° or 91° 5′ 44″ eastOpen location code
7MXHJ3XW+86OpenStreetMap ID
node 4513970251OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q15931153
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In Other Languages
“Qinghai-Tibet-Sichuan-Tibet Highway Monument” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “川藏、青藏公路纪念碑”
- Chinese: “青藏川藏公路纪念碑”
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