A PLACE, A STORY / Lhasa
Potala Palace
White and red palace walls rise from Lhasa’s Red Mountain. Their stepped outlines make the hill part of the architecture.
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The Potala’s White and Red Palaces rise together on Red Mountain in the Lhasa Valley. As a historic winter residence of the Dalai Lamas, the complex connects religious life with Tibet’s former administration. From a broad view, notice how the buildings follow the hill rather than sitting apart from it. Then choose one contrast: a dark window against a pale wall, or a straight roofline against the mountain. Small observations give the great outline a human scale.
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