Photograph by John Claude White 



THIS VIEW GIVES SOME IDEA OE THE HEIGHT OE THE POTALA. THE DOORS IN THE 



CENTER ARE THE ENTRANCE TO SOME OF THE OFFICES. 



"The Potala dominates everything in Lhasa. The enormous mass of buildings, partly 

 monastery, partly palace, and partly fortress, is built on a rocky ridge which stands out in 

 the center of the valley, commanding the town and dominating the whole situation. Its 

 architecture is magnificently grand, bold in outline and design; it towers above everything, 

 with its gray white walls and buttresses, its immense flights of steps and terraces dotted with 

 red-robed monks ascending and descending from religious ceremonies" (see text, page 273). 



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