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Potala Palace
Location (address): China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Lhasa
Longitude: 91° 7' 3"
Latitude: 29° 39' 26"
Date: 2008 July 29, 15:01
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The Potala Palace ("in Tibetan:པོ་ཏ་ལ།" ) located in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to Dharamsala, India after a failed uprising in 1959. Today the Potala Palace is a state museum of China. It is a popular tourist attraction, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and was named by the American television show Good Morning America and newspaper USA Today as one of the "New Seven Wonders".
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