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vowels or
missing conjuncts instead of
Tibetan characters.
Dzong architecture is used for
dzongs, a
distinctive type of
fortified monastery (Dzongkha: རྫོང...
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Tashichho Dzong (Dzongkha: བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཆོས་རྫོང) is a
Buddhist monastery and
fortress on the
northern edge of the city of
Thimphu in Bhutan, on the western...
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Rinpung Dzong,
sometimes referred to as Paro
Dzong, is a
large dzong -
Buddhist monastery and
fortress - of the
Drukpa Lineage of the
Kagyu school in Paro...
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Punakha Dzong, also
known as
Pungthang Dewa
chhenbi Phodrang (meaning "the
palace of
great happiness or bliss"), is the
administrative centre of Punakha...
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Gyantse Dzong or
Gyantse Fortress is one of the best
preserved dzongs in Tibet,
perched high
above the town of
Gyantse on a huge spur of grey
brown rock...
- Daga
Dzong (formerly
called Daga
Trashiyangtse Dzong) is a
castle or
Dzong (fortress) in the
southern part of Bhutan,
Dagana District. It is the district's...
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dzongkhag (district) of
central Bhutan. This is also the name of the
dzong (built in 1638)
which dominates the district. The name is said to have been...
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lodge in the
palace when in Paro.
Nearby is the old
bridge and the
Rinpung Dzong.
Notable hotels include the
Olathang Hotel built in an
ornate style. About...
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Simtokha Dzong ('
dzong'
means "castle-monastery") also
known as
Sangak Zabdhon Phodrang (Bhutanese
language meaning: "Palace of the
Profound Meaning of...
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Trashigang Dzong (Dzongkha: བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་རྫོང,
literally "The
Fortress of the Au****ious Hill") is one of the
largest dzong fortresses in Bhutan, located...
