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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Summary
Potala Palace is a palace[1]. It ranks in the top 0.26% of palace entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,717 views/month, #3 of 1,135).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lhasa District[3]
- Country: Tibet[4]
- Instance of: tourist attraction[5], Buddhist temple[6]
- Architectural style: dzong[7]
- Part of: World Heritage Sites in Tibet[8]
- Has use: official residence[9]
- Commons category: Potala Palace[10]
- Catalog code: 107[11]
- Inception: 637[12]
- Significant event: UNESCO World Heritage Site record modification[13]
- Official website: https://www.potalapalace.cn/[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Potala Palace[15]
- Commons gallery: 布达拉宫 པོ་ཏ་ལ།[16]
- Heritage designation: Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level[17], part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[18]
- Native label: རི་བོ་གྲུ་འཛིན་ཕོ་བྲང་པོ་ཏ་ལ།[19]
- Length: 400 m[20]
- Area: 13 ha[21]
- Height: 117 m[22]
- Width: 350 m[23]
- World Heritage criteria: (i)[24], (iv)[25], (vi)[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
- Nature of statement: occupied territory[28]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Lhasa from Potala Palace[29]
Why It Matters
Potala Palace has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]