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The Potala Palace is a dzong fortress in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in China. It was the winter palace of the Dalai Lamas from 1649 to 1959, has been a museum since then, and a World Heritage Site since 1994.
The Potala Palace, named after Mount Potala, the abode of Chenresig or Avalokiteśvara, [1] was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama.After the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising, the government converted the palace into a museum.
A view of Potala Palace Square from the Potala Palace, with the National Flag Stand to the north and the Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet to the south.. Potala Palace Square (Chinese: 布达拉宫广场) is a large square in the center of Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, located in the south side of the Potala Palace, formerly known as the Working People's Cultural Palace ...
The Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, with 1000 rooms on 13 levels, and over 130,000 square metres (1,400,000 sq ft) of floor space, [2] is one of the largest palaces in the world by floor area. It was the winter residence of the Dalai Lama until 1959.
In 1690, construction of the Red Palace started and was completed in 1693. There was a grand inauguration ceremony for the Red Palace, and in front of the palace they set up an unmarked monument, called the "Inner Monument" ( Wylie : rdo-rings-nang-ma , ZYPY : རྡོ་རིངས་ནང་མ་ ), in contrast with the Lhasa Zhol Pillar ...
The Potala Palace, named after Mount Potala, the abode of Chenresig or Avalokitesvara, [80] was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama. After the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising , the government converted the palace into a museum.
The Monument to the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet (Chinese: 西藏和平解放纪念碑) stands in the southern part of the Potala square in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region just outside the protective zone and buffer zone of the World Heritage Site. [1]
The Potala in 2008 with the towers and walls of Zhol beneath but without the outer Zhol, razed in 1995. Zhol Village, or Shol Village (Chinese: 雪城; often transcribed as Zhöl or Shöl Village), is a village at the base of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet.