The Dalai Lamas' fortress-palace on the Red Hill of Lhasa, 1645–94: thirteen storeys of sloping whitewashed walls climbing to the deep-red palace and its golden roofs, 117 metres above the city.
A 3D model of Potala Palace, built from photographs and drawings with my3dhouse. It is an interpretation of the building, not a survey of it.
Potala Palace is an interactive 3D model: turn it, zoom in and look around it in the browser, on a phone or a computer. It was published on 15 September 2026. You can also download Potala Palace for Minecraft, as a Java Edition world, a Bedrock world for iPhone, iPad and Android, or a schematic.
From the blog: The Potala Palace, Lhasa: Its History and Architecture, in 3D and in Minecraft
Building details as recorded by Wikidata. Read about the building itself: Potala Palace on Wikipedia.