Which city in Tibet is Potala Palace?

Potala Palace is located on the red hill in the center of Lhasa, Xizang Autonomous Region, with an altitude of 3,700 meters. It has become a world-famous scenic spot with its long history, national aesthetic characteristics and special value for studying Tibetan social history, culture and religion.

According to historical records, in the 1930 s, the 33rd generation of Tubo Zampson Zampanggambu moved to Lhasa, and the Potala Palace was built as a palace.

Potala Palace Architecture

Potala Palace has a history of over 1.300 years, covering an area of 400,000 square meters and a building area of 1.300 square meters. The main building, the Red Palace, is 65,438+065,438+05.703 meters high, including palaces, pagodas, main halls, Buddhist temples, lecture halls, offices of important functional institutions, Zengguan schools, dormitories and courtyards.

There are 8 golden pagodas and 5 exquisite three-dimensional altars in the palace, as well as about 70,000 pieces of porcelain, gold, silver and bronze wares, Buddha statues, pagodas, thangkas, costumes and other cultural relics, and more than 60,000 ancient books (departments), which have become veritable cultural treasures and attracted the attention of people all over the world, and are known as the pearl on the roof of the world.

The above contents are introduced with reference to the Potala Palace official website-Potala Palace.