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  2. Potala Palace - Wikipedia

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    The Potala was used as a winter palace by the Dalai Lama from that time. The Potrang Marpo ('Red Palace') was added between 1690 and 1694. [12] The new palace got its name from a hill on Cape Comorin at the southern tip of India—a rocky point sacred to the bodhisattva of compassion, who is known as Avalokitesvara, or Chenrezi.

  3. Architecture of Lhasa - Wikipedia

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    The White Palace or Potrang Karpo is the part of the Potala Palace that makes up the living quarters of the Dalai Lama. The first White Palace was built during the lifetime of the Fifth Dalai Lama and he and his government moved into it in 1649. [6] It then was extended to its size today by the thirteenth Dalai Lama in the early twentieth ...

  4. Potala Palace Square - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Potala Palace Inner Stele - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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    New York City. Per Fischer-Groban, a key driver of New York City’s success was positive feedback for their iconic attractions — from The Empire State Building to The Metropolitan Museum of Art ...

  7. List of city squares - Wikipedia

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    Potala Palace Square – Lhasa; North Korea. Kim Il Sung Square – Pyongyang; South Korea ... In New York City, New York: Cadman Plaza; Chatham Square; Cooper Square;

  8. List of largest palaces - Wikipedia

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    The 980 buildings of the Forbidden City have a combined floor space of 1,614,600 square feet (150,001 m 2) and contain 9,999 rooms (the ancient Chinese believed the god Yù Huáng had 10,000 rooms in his palace; so they constructed an earthly palace to have 9,999 and a half rooms, slightly fewer than in the divine palace, out of respect).

  9. Zhol Village - Wikipedia

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    The village of Zhol is located below the southern face of the Potala Palace. Rectangular in plan, it is surrounded by a wall on three sides, the fourth being occupied by the base of the hill where the palace stands. In the middle of each of the three sides, there is an entrance building: the main entrance, eastern entrance and western entrance.