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Potala Palace

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The Potala Palace is a museum complex in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, formerly the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas and their residence from 1649 until 1959. Rising in tiers up a hillside, its massive fortress-like walls and gilded roofs make it one of the most recognized works of Tibetan architecture.

Facts
Year Created
1649 1
Location
Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China 1
Architectural Style
Dzong style 1
Primary Material
Stone, with copper-reinforced foundations 1
Building Type
Palace complex, now a museum 1
Commissioned By
5th Dalai Lama 1
Construction
from 1645 1
Height (metres)
119 1
Storey Count
13 1
UNESCO Inscription Year
1994 1
Current Use
Museum 1
Classification
Genre
Architecture 1
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Architecture, Art Forms

Former winter palace of the Dalai Lama, Lhasa, Tibet.

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Potala Palace (Tibetan: ཕོ་བྲང་པོ་ཏ་ལ་, Wylie: pho brang po ta la; simplified Chinese: 布达拉宫; traditional Chinese: 布達拉宮; pinyin: Bùdálā Gōng) is a museum complex in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
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1. Potala Palace (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section, first sentence
    is a museum complex in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China
  • Lead section
    Potala Palace (Tibetan: ཕོ་བྲང་པོ་ཏ་ལ་, Wylie: pho brang po ta la; simplified Chinese: 布达拉宫; traditional Chinese: 布達拉宮; pinyin: Bùdálā Gōng) is a museum complex in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It was formerly the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas, and from 1649 until 1959 served as the Dalai Lamas' residence.
  • Infobox, established field
    1649
  • In Group: Royal and Imperial Palaces, Lead
    Potala Palace (Tibetan: ཕོ་བྲང་པོ་ཏ་ལ་, Wylie: pho brang po ta la; simplified Chinese: 布达拉宫; traditional Chinese: 布達拉宮; pinyin: Bùdálā Gōng) is a museum complex in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.
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