In 1924, at the age of 56, Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969), a woman with a romantic and extraordinary destiny, became the first European to visit Lhasa in Tibet. Singer, journalist, orientalist, writer, philosopher and above all explorer, she was the first Westerner to penetrate the holy city of Lhasa after five attempts and a journey of over 3,000 kilometers across the Himalayas. Fascinated by Asia since her youth, she converted to Buddhism in 1889 and, after a first trip to India in 1891, and a tour as a cantatrice in Tonkin in 1895-1897, she decided to leave again in 1911 for 18 months,
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