Focus of the month: Poland proudly presents TIBET

Tibetan Buddhism is the predominant religion.

The city is the traditional seat of the Dalai Lama and the Potala and Norbulingka palaces (both are included in a World Heritage Site) and in Tibetan Buddhism is regarded as the holiest centre in Tibet.

Tibet is located on the Tibetan Plateau, the world's highest region. Most of the Himalaya mountain range, one of the youngest mountain ranges in the world at only 4 million years old, lies within Tibet. Its most famous peak, Mount Everest, is on Nepal's border with Tibet. The average altitude is about 3,000 m in the south and 4,500 m in the north. ****************** Photoreportage by Piotr Dudkin http://www.youngdiplomats.zsei.info/photo/thumbnails.php?album=110    [All rights reserved M_K_I]