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West wing of the Potala palace

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The icon of Tibet, symbol of the Dalai Lama, landmark of Lhasa, and according to some one of the New Seven Wonders of the World: the Potala Palace.
One day, I found myself looking at the Potala at the front entrance, and could not resist entering. The first palace at this place was erected in 637CE, while the present structure was built in the 17th century. It did not suffer major damage during the Chinese hostilities, and was renovated in the 1990s. Walking through Sho village, I climbed the wide stairs leading to the Potala. The museum exceeded my expectations, as there were some remarkable pieces of art, paintings and carvings, stupas and tombs, Buddhist scriptures, and to top it off, the views over Lhasa were remarkable. What remains strange is that the Potala is not more than a museum and as such dead, where until the late 1950s it was the residence of the Dalai Lama until he went to India in exile, never to return.
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