Potala Palace
Fortress in Lhasa, Tibet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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