Potala Palace
Fortress in Lhasa, Tibet
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.
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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.