Sengge Namgyal built Leh Palace around 1600. The article names no architect and gives no structural materials. It is nine stories high, with the royal family living on the upper floors and stables and storerooms on the lower ones. The article links its style to the Potala Palace, which it dates to 1645.
Dogra forces took control of Ladakh in the mid-19th century, and the royal family moved to Stok. The palace was then abandoned. The Archaeological Survey of India is restoring it, and a ropeway proposed in 2022 is in the planning stage.
The palace now houses the Palace Museum, which holds jewelry, ornaments, ceremonial dresses and crowns. The annual Dosmoche festival is held there around February, and the roof gives panoramic views of Leh.
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