Potala Palace
by Alan Toepfer
Title
Potala Palace
Artist
Alan Toepfer
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Photograph - Giclee On Paper Or Canvas
Description
View of the Potala Palace in Lhasa. The building measures 400 metres east-west and 350 metres north-south, with sloping stone walls averaging 3 m. thick, and 5 m. (more than 16 ft) thick at the base, and with copper poured into the foundations to help proof it against earthquakes. Thirteen stories of buildings � containing over 1,000 rooms, 10,000 shrines and about 200,000 statues � soar 117 metres (384 ft) on top of Marpo Ri, the "Red Hill", rising more than 300 m (about 1,000 ft) in total above the valley floor.
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July 8th, 2011
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