The dominance stems from the Potala hill Marpon or Red and is the must-see for all travelers arriving in Lhasa, capital of Tibet.

This magnificent building was the residence of the Dalai Lama, is located on the mountain called Hongshan, about 3700 meters above sea level. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in the year 1994.

The Potala is found to be the largest and richest of all religious sites in Tibet, now largely turned into a museum, which dates back to the seventh century, treasure-old traditions to the present day. Having suffered extensive damage during the long conflict, the fifth Dalai Lama ordered the reconstruction of several visits that were added over time.

It has approximately 400 meters long and thirteen plants built in a phased manner adapted to the irregularities of the terrain, half and half mountain temple covers 20,000 square meters. Its construction resulted in stones transported from far away, and had separated the sacred from the secular, the platform was very high, reaching close to the structures 200 meters tall, with long flights of stairs that allow access from outside .

As the buildings were overlapping, spaces and gaps can receive light and air to the rooms above. Highlights the immense façade divided into two colors, where the lower floors wear a white and the other a dark ocher, like openings.

The top of the Potala Monastery is revoked with natural pigments and highlight on the eaves golden wheel with eight spokes with figures of rams; this in Buddhism represent the cyclical nature of life and the eight noble truths of the doctrine.

In the bottom there are endless venues and galleries are housed shrines where worship proceeded primitive Buddhism Lamaist. Inside the monastery is home to thousands of rooms, cells, library, two palaces white and red that were built during the expansions of the seventeenth century.

White palace in the income of the public is through an endless succession of staircases, doors and patios, to recreate the path of the processions, according to doctrine, let the pilgrims perceive different sensations that allow space to reach enlightenment. A huge patio overlooking the east is the site chosen by thousands of devotees who come to celebrate the Buddhist calendar.

The Red Palace is located at the top, where the embalmed Dalai Lama, accompanied by Buddhist shrines.

The Monastery and Potala Palace in all its complex came to house 10,000 monks, which were only slightly more than 200 remain in the care and maintenance of the site. Represent the permanent vigil awaiting the return of the Dalai Lama.

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