Potala Palace. Lhasa, Tibet. Artmif.lv is a photograph by Raimond Klavins which was uploaded on October 27th, 2016.
Potala Palace. Lhasa, Tibet. Artmif.lv
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Potala Palace. Lhasa, Tibet. Artmif.lv
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Raimond Klavins
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Potala Palace. Lhasa, Tibet. Yantra.lv
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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