Potala Palace

The Potala Palace (Tibetan: ཕོ་བྲང་པོ་ཏ་ལ་) was a fortress in the city of Lhasa, in Tibet. It was used as the Dalai Lama's winter palace from 1649 to 1959. The palace is named after Mount Potalaka, Avalokiteśvara's home.

The 5th Dalai Lama ordered the construction for this fortress after one of his spiritual advisors showed that the site had good potential and was good as a government building.

Potala Palace Media

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  Potala Palace

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  View showing recent Western Gate shops, highway, 2015

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  Potala Palace in the 1920s

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  The Sertreng ceremony on 28 April 1949 with thangkas on the front of the palace

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  Upravno in versko središče AR Tibet - Lhasa

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  Detail of the south face of The Potala. Lhasa, Tibet, China

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  Potala Palace, Lhasa

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  This is a photo of a (or part of a) Major National Historical and Cultural Site in China identified by the ID

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  Detail of the south face of The Potala. Lhasa, Tibet, China