Norbulingka

Norbulingka is a palace and surrounding park in , built from 1755. It served as the traditional summer residence of the successive Dalai Lamas from the 1780s up until the 14th Dalai Lama's exile in 1959.
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  • Type: Palace
  • Description: palace in Lhasa, Tibet
  • Also known as: Norbu Lingka

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tibetan National Museum and Chagpori.

Museum
The Tibet Museum is the official museum of the of in . Inaugurated on October 5, 1999, it is the first large, modern museum in the Tibet Autonomous Region. is situated 670 metres southeast of Norbulingka.

Peak
, or Chakpori, Chokpori, Chagpo Ri is a spirit-mountain of Vajrapani in , . It is south of Potala and is considered to be one of the four holy mountains of central Tibet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zhol Village and Lhasa.

Neighborhood
, or Shol Village, is a village at the base of the in , . It contained the residences and administrative buildings of Ganden Phodrang's government officials and other Tibetans.

is the capital of the autonomous region in . It is 3,650 m above sea level on the northern slopes of the .

Suburb
The Barkhor Square, or Barkhor, is an historic area of narrow streets and a public square with markets, and the circumambulation route around the in , , . is situated 4 km east of Norbulingka.

Norbulingka

Latitude
29.65438° or 29° 39′ 16″ north
Longitude
91.09155° or 91° 5′ 30″ east
Elevation
3,650 metres (11,975 feet)
Open location code
7MXHM33R+QJ
Geo­Names ID
6547220
Wiki­data ID
Q867537
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Norbulingka” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Norbulingka
  • Azerbaijani: Norbulinka
  • Belarusian: Нарбулінка
  • Catalan: Norbulingka
  • Chinese: 寶貝林園
  • Chinese: 罗布林卡
  • Chinese: 羅布林卡
  • Croatian: Norbulingka
  • Czech: Norbulingka
  • Danish: Norbulingka
  • Dutch: Norbulingka Paleis
  • Dutch: Norbulingka
  • Finnish: Norbulingka
  • French: Norbulingka
  • Georgian: ნორბულინგკა
  • German: Juwelenpark
  • German: Luobulinka
  • German: Norbulingka
  • German: Norbulingkha
  • Hebrew: נורבולינגקה
  • Hungarian: Norbulingka
  • Indonesian: Norbulingka
  • Italian: Norbulingka
  • Japanese: ノルブリンカ
  • Japanese: ノルブリンカ宮
  • Korean: 노르부링카
  • Korean: 노르불링카
  • Korean: 노부림카
  • Korean: 노불링카
  • Korean: 노브림카
  • Korean: 노브링카
  • Korean: 노블랑카
  • Korean: 노블링카
  • Mingrelian: ნორბულინგკა
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Norbulingka
  • Norwegian: Norbulingka
  • Persian: نوربولینگکا
  • Polish: Norbulingka
  • Portuguese: Norbulingka
  • Portuguese: Palácio de Norbulingka
  • Russian: Норбулинка
  • Serbo-Croatian: Norbulingka
  • Slovenian: Norbulingka
  • Spanish: Norbulingka
  • Spanish: Palacio Norbulingka
  • Swedish: Norbulingka
  • Thai: พระราชวังโนร์บูกลิงกา
  • Thai: พระราชวังโนร์พูลิงกา
  • Tibetan: ནོར་བུ་གླིང་ཁ
  • Tibetan: ནོར་བུ་གླིང་ག་
  • Turkish: Norbulingka
  • Vietnamese: La Bố Lâm Khải

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