There are many temples inside, the elaborate tomb of the 5th Dalai Lama, and monks still living and working within the palace. Before you reach the steps to head up to Potala Palace, there are a ...

It's hard to miss Potala Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This grand, imposing structure stands more than 12,000 feet above sea level on Marpo-ri, or Red Hill, in the middle of central Lhasa.

Thousands of residents in Lhasa joined the work in painting the exterior walls of the Potala Palace, an annual routine "makeover" project for the UNESCO World Heritage site. [Photo by Palden Nyima ...

Like the Potala Palace, the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery holds ... colleges, the stupas, or tombs, of past Panchen Lamas and one of the largest gilded statues in the world, Future Buddha (found in ...