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Potala Palace

Rising above Lhasa, the Potala Palace was the principal winter residence of successive Dalai Lamas and an important centre of Tibetan Buddhist life. Its white and red buildings climb the hillside above the city, containing prayer halls, chapels, courtyards and historic tombs.

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Rising above Lhasa, the Potala Palace was the principal winter residence of successive Dalai Lamas and an important centre of Tibetan Buddhist life. Its white and red buildings climb the hillside above the city, containing prayer halls, chapels, courtyards and historic tombs.

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