Potala Palace 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 it served as their residence. The palace complex became a museum following the annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China.
Facts
Building TypeDzong-Style Palace Complex (Museum) 1 LocationLhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China 1 Completed Year Height (m)119 metres is the height above Marpo Ri hill; total height above the Lhasa valley floor is over 300 metres per the same sentence. Completed-year deliberately left unfilled: the source gives a 1645 construction start with the exterior finished in three years and the interior taking a further 45 years, with no single attested completion year covering the whole structure. Building Type
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In Style
The Dalai Lamas' winter palace in Lhasa, built from 1645 on the site of an earlier fortress, the quintessential monument of Tibetan architecture and UNESCO listed.
Uses Element
Source Wikipedia: Potala Palace
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: China, located there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Potala Palace
WikipediaLead paragraph
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.
Lead paragraph (place clause)
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.
Structure paragraph (height clause)
Rising 13 stories, the complex contains more than 1,000 rooms, 10,000 shrines, and some 200,000 statues, reaching a height of 119 metres (390 ft) above the mountain and over 300 metres (980 ft) above the valley floor.
Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
Potala Palace 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 it served as their residence. The palace complex became a museum following the annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China.
Uses Element: Stone, Wikipedia lead
Its sloping stone walls average 3 metres (9.8 ft) thick, 5 metres (16 ft) at the base, with copper poured into the foundations for earthquake protection.
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Potala Palace
- Wikidata Q71229, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q71229, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
View the SourcePotala Palace (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (637)Quote, Wikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (637)
Wikidata item Q71229, property P571: 637
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