Question: situated in tibet this used to be the official residence of dalai lama till 1959
Answer: The Potala Palace ( Tibetan : ཕོ ་ བྲང ་ པོ ་ ཏ ་ ལ ་ , Wylie : pho brang Potala ) in Lhasa , Tibet Autonomous Region , China was the residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising .