The Potala Palace, Lhasa
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Title
The Potala Palace, Lhasa
Description
The Potala Palace, located on Mount Maburi in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, is a magnificent fortress-style Tibetan Buddhist complex built in the early 7th century by the Tubo king Songtsen Gampo for his wife, Princess Wencheng from the Tang Dynasty of ancient China.' Potala' is the translation of the Sanskrit word 'potalaka', meaning 'island of light', and is the resident dojo of Bodhisattva Kuan Shi Yin in Buddhism. Potala Palace consists of three parts, the red palace in the center, the east connected to the white palace, the west connected to the Zha Xia, the three through each other. The palace in the plane is made up of many rectangular houses put together, the structure is very complex. The main colors of the palace are red, white and yellow, symbolizing majesty, tranquility and perfection, its color and style have distinctive Tibetan Buddhist characteristics.
Source
worldheritagelayer
Contributor
mc379
Type
Site
Identifier
312
Date Submitted
18/05/2021
Extent
cm x cm x cm
Spatial Coverage
current,29.65697255629125,91.11718090338401;
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The Potala Palace, Lhasa
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Institutional nature
Building
Status
public
Condition
1
Contact
mc379@st-andrews.ac.uk
Citation
“The Potala Palace, Lhasa,” STAGE, accessed December 13, 2025, https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/438.
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