24 February 2023 | Author/Destination: Around the World / Rund um die Welt | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage
Reading Time: 15 minutesKarakorum model in the National Museum of Mongolian History in Ulaan-Baatar © Brücke-Osteuropa
Karakorum was the
capital of the
Mongol Empire between 1235 and 1260 and of the
Northern Yuan dynasty in the 14–15th centuries. Its ruins lie in the northwestern corner of the
Övörkhangai Province of modern-day
Mongolia, near the present town of
Kharkhorin and adjacent to the
Erdene Zuu Monastery, which is likely the oldest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia. They are in the upper part of the
World Heritage Site Orkhon Valley.
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