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Potala Palace (English transliteration: the Potala Palace) known as "second Putuo Mountain," stands in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on the north-west of Red Hill, is a large-scale castle-style buildings. Originally Songtsan married Princess Wen Cheng and for the construction, reconstruction of the 17th century, the Potala Palace as Dalai Lama's Winter Palace residence, center of the Tibetan theocracy. The whole has a distinct Tibetan style palace, b...(more)Potala Palace (English transliteration: the Potala Palace) known as "second Putuo Mountain," stands in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on the north-west of Red Hill, is a large-scale castle-style buildings. Originally Songtsan married Princess Wen Cheng and for the construction, reconstruction of the 17th century, the Potala Palace as Dalai Lama's Winter Palace residence, center of the Tibetan theocracy. The whole has a distinct Tibetan style palace, built on mountains, impressive. Potala Palace also a collection of countless treasures, be called a palace of art. In 1961, the Potala Palace by the PRC State Council released the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In 1994, the Potala Palace was listed as World Heritage.
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