ID: 700001991 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001991	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Potala Palace (temple (building); Unknown Tibetan architect; begun 1645, additions early 20...; Lhasa (Xizang, Zhongguo, Asia, World, Top of the TGN hierarc...)

Note: Listed as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as "Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa." Built of rammed earth and stone, Potala Palace rises from Red Mountain in the centre of Lhasa Valley at an altitude of 3,700 metres. It functioned as the winter palace of the Dalai Lama from the 7th century CE, and is currently a museum.

Titles:

Potala Palace (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, The (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

temple (building) [300007595] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings)

palace [300005734]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by occupants>, official residences)

museum (building) [300005768]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, exhibition buildings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: begun 1645, additions early 20th century

Creator Display:

Unknown Tibetan architect [preferred,VP]

architects unknown Tibetan (Tibetan cultural designation) [500204388]

Locations:

Current: Lhasa [7001874] Tibet (autonomous region), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: stone, rammed earth

	stone (worked rock) [300011176]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

	rammed earth [300014365]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, combination inorganic/organic material, soil, <soil by form or function>, pisé)

Dimensions: 400 meters east-west, 35 meters north-south

Cultures:

Tibetan (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

religion and mythology

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Potala Palace	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 26 September 2012
	........ UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 26 September 2012
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, The	........ [VP]
	........ UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 26 September 2012