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delpiero1234

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Here is a new skyline for you! Happy guessing, folks :)

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Haha got it! I was never in doubt it had to be Italy (though didn't rule out Corsica or Croatia). Being so small, I had to use maps (Probably a well known tourist destination though, but I've never heard of it...). By share luck (or, was it informed guess?!), I clicked on the small of town of Portoferraio first. It has to be, right?
 
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Ok, so next up, this weird place:
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Indeed, it may be debatable whether this is a city at all, but it sure looks like one to me... I guess I'll have to leave it at that as your first clue :)
 
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If you are unsure whether it qualifies as a skyline then I suggest you take a look at the OP in which it is described what kind of skylines can be used.

Anyways, it surely looks "interesting" :)
 

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If you are unsure whether it qualifies as a skyline then I suggest you take a look at the OP in which it is described what kind of skylines can be used.

Hmm, let's see:
  • A small/medium-sized town in a distinctive geography...
Well, it is most definitely a small/medium-sized settlement of some sort (home to many thousands), in a distinctive geography.

I suppose that the geography is not directly deducible from this image, but I think that the vegetative "barrenness" and peculiar architecture (or lack thereof) might still be a clue as to its general whereabouts...

And, it has a shop... Or at least I think it does :p
 
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I think it's somewhere in the Andes but so far I haven't found anything that looks remotely like this. They build with stone there, not wood.
 

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It looks more like somewhere in the Steppes to me but I gave up after looking through a number of towns. Seems to be rather small and I have this feeling that most likely it will turn out to be an unknown town.
 

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It is bigger than the last one lol :D

And if not particularly well known, it is at least one of a kind. I don't think there is anywhere else quite like it.
 
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Since everyone has better things to do than to google remote places on a Saturday evening apparently (can't imagine why), I'll just go ahead and give you the next hint already, which is:

I can confirm, it has a shop:
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Your last hint got me thinking that it is probably somewhere in Tibet. After looking for various colorful tibetan mountain towns I stumbled upon Larung Gar which is the largest religious institute in the world according to Wikipedia.

Quite an interesting location, I must say.
 

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I thought those monks might get some wheels churning, you are indeed correct ;)

It was as you say actually founded as an institute, and did in fact not even exist before 1980. I guess you can say it has grown:
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