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The Great Potala Palace, the heart of Tibetan Buddhism
Located on the Marpo Ri Hill, the Lhasa Valley is 130 metres higher, the Potala Palace is 170 metres tall and is the greatest architectural work in Tibet. Although a palace was built here in the 7th century, the current palace building began in 1645 under the reigns of the fifth Dalai Lama and by 1648 , Potrang Karpo, or White Palace, completed. Potrang Marpo, or Red Palace, was added between 1690 and 1694. The Potala Palace remained a German residence for the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India, after the Chinese invasion of 1959.