The Potala Palace Night Editorial Photo

The Potala Palace night Potala Palace is located on the Maburi mountain in the northwest of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is a palace Castle style building complex. It was originally built by Zanpu Songzanganbu of Tubo Dynasty to marry Princess Wencheng. [17] After reconstruction in the 17th century, it became the winter palace residence of the Dalai Lamas of previous dynasties and the ruling center of the unity of politics and religion in Tibet. In 1961, the Potala Palace became one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protected by the State Council of the people`s Republic of China. In 1994, the Potala Palace was listed as a world cultural heritage. The main building of the Potala Palace consists of the White House and the Red Palace.