Norbulingka in Lhasa - Tibet - China

Norbulingka in Lhasa, Tibet -China, once served as the summer residence of the Dalai Lama.

Norbulingka means Jewelled Park and was built as a palace for the 7th Dalai Lama in the 18th century.

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But every future Dalai Lama has built his own palace just next to the existing ones. Thus arose an extensive complex of 36 acres with several palaces.

Today Norbulingka is a public museum and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2001.

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