We just learned about the Forbidden City.
Another famous palace is the Potala Palace, built in 1645 AD in Tibet.
This palace is 1,300 feet by 1,150 feet wide, and the palace goes 980 feet high where it is built on top of a big hill called "Marpo Ri" which means Red Hill.
It has over 1,000 rooms, 10,000 shrines and about 200,000 statues.
The spiritual ruler of Tibet is known as the Dalai Lama, and for about 300 years the Dalai Lamas lived in this palace, until there was a war.
Now it is a museum where people can visit and go inside.
The palace is named after Mount Potalaka, which some people believe is a hidden magical mountain somewhere in India.
The main part of the palace is called the "Red Palace" where the main halls and shrines are where the Dalia Lama lived.
(from: wikipedia - potala palace)
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