vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters. Dzong architecture is used for dzongs, a distinctive type of fortified monastery (Dzongkha: རྫོང...

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...

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...

The Punakha Dzong, also known as Pungthang Dewa chhenbi Phodrang (meaning "the palace of great happiness or bliss"), is the administrative centre of Punakha...

Kampa or Kamba Dzong, (Gampa Dzong in Standard Tibetan, and Gangba Xian in Chinese) is a Tibetan town north of Sikkim. It is the headequarters Kamba County...

Drukgyal Dzong (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་རྫོང་།), also known as Drukgyel, was a fortress and Buddhist monastery, located in the upper part of the Paro District...

Trongsa Dzong is the largest dzong fortress in Bhutan, located in Trongsa (formerly Tongsa) in Trongsa district, in the centre of the country. Built on...

Trashigang Dzong (Dzongkha: བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་རྫོང, literally "The Fortress of the Auspicious Hill") is one of the largest dzong fortresses in Bhutan, located...

the governments of China and Tibet for negotiations, to be held at Khampa Dzong, a tiny Tibetan village north of Sikkim to establish trade agreements. The...

Zhabdrung acquiring the Dzong in 1641, the Dzong was renamed as Tashichho Dzong. During this time the practice of using a Dzong both as a religious centre...