It's hard to miss Potala Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This grand, imposing structure stands more than 12,000 feet above sea level on Marpo-ri, or Red Hill, in the middle of central Lhasa.

BEIJING -- Chinese authorities have closed Tibet's famed Potala Palace after a minor outbreak of COVID-19 was reported in the Himalayan region. The response underscores China's continued adherence ...

2003 Report on the Joint UNESCO-ICOMOS Reactive Monittoring Mission to the Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, ... 2001 ICOMOS Monitoring Mission Report; Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, ...

Several large-scale renovations on the Potala Palace — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — have been undertaken since the establishment of the Xizang autonomous region in 1965, and the governments ...

Like the Potala Palace, the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery holds a lot of significance in Tibetan Buddhism. Not only was the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery founded by the first Dalai Lama, but later it became the ...

Wang Yang made the remarks before a handpicked audience in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the home of Tibet’s traditional Buddhist leaders, at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of ...

When you step off the plane in Lhasa and they welcome you with a white silk katak, don't say 谢谢 (sye-sye)-Mandarin for "thank you." Use the Tibetan phrase ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ ...

Staff members of the maintenance unit of the Potala Palace's management office change the cloth at the palace in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 4, 2024. A staff member of ...

The Potala Palace in Lhasa of the Xizang autonomous region held activities on Tuesday to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The palace has attracted ...

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