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Potala Palace

7th-century Tibetan fortress and palace in Lhasa, rebuilt in the 17th century as the winter seat of the Dalai Lamas
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Potala Palace

Summary

Potala Palace is a palace[1]. It ranks in the top 0.26% of palace entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,252 views/month, #3 of 1,135).[2]

Key Facts

  • Potala Palace is located in Lhasa District[3].
  • Potala Palace is in the country of Tibet[4].
  • Potala Palace's instance of is recorded as palace[5].
  • Potala Palace's instance of is recorded as tourist attraction[6].
  • Potala Palace's instance of is recorded as Buddhist temple[7].
  • Potala Palace's architectural style is recorded as dzong[8].
  • Potala Palace is part of World Heritage Sites in Tibet[9].
  • Potala Palace is used for official residence[10].
  • Potala Palace's Commons category is recorded as Potala Palace[11].
  • Potala Palace's catalog code is recorded as 107[12].
  • 637 marks the founding of Potala Palace[13].
  • Potala Palace's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 29.657777777777778, 'lon': 91.11694444444444}[14].
  • Potala Palace's significant event is recorded as UNESCO World Heritage Site record modification[15].
  • Potala Palace's official website is recorded as https://www.potalapalace.cn/[16].
  • Potala Palace's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Potala Palace[17].
  • Potala Palace's Commons gallery is recorded as 布达拉宫 པོ་ཏ་ལ།[18].
  • Potala Palace's heritage designation is recorded as Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level[19].
  • Potala Palace's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[20].
  • Potala Palace's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'bo', 'text': 'རི་བོ་གྲུ་འཛིན་ཕོ་བྲང་པོ་ཏ་ལ།'}[21].
  • Potala Palace's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+400'}[22].
  • Potala Palace covers an area of {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+13'}[23].
  • Potala Palace's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+117'}[24].
  • Potala Palace's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+350'}[25].
  • Potala Palace's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (i)[26].
  • Potala Palace's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (iv)[27].

Body

Founding

637 marks the founding of Potala Palace[13].

Identity

Potala Palace is part of World Heritage Sites in Tibet[9].

Why It Matters

Potala Palace ranks in the top 0.26% of palace entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,252 views/month, #3 of 1,135).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Dalai Lama 09 Lungtok Gyatso Tenzin Gyatso Thubten Gyatso

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Q125790659. Retrieved . dtdj.cchicc.org.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Arch2bot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Tibet
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P17]]: [[Q148]], Lookup from archINFORM"
  2. 18d ago · Nico le terrible · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → palace, tourist attraction, Buddhist temple
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q6838244]]"
  3. 4w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    World heritage criteria → (i), (iv), (vi)
    Inception → —
    Width → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+350'}
    Area → {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+13'}
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "PotalaPalace::7492f"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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