Dzong architecture
Dzong is the name for Buddhist monastery fortresses in Bhutan and Tibet and, to a lesser extent, in other Tibetan areas marked in the Himalayas (eg, Ladakh and Sikkim ). Based on the corresponding, their associated administrative units are often called Dzong.
Dzong in Bhutan
In each of the 20 districts ( dzongkhag ) of Bhutan, there is one of these monastic fortresses that were both religious center, as well as the seat of the administration of the respective district as the core of the former feudal system. Therefore, each of these fortresses from a religious and a secular part.
These are the forts and their situation in detail:
Dzong in Tibet
Known received or further the clear- in the form of ruins Dzong in Tibet are: