Bhutan · 17th century
Gasa Dzong (Dzongkha: དགའ་ས་རྫོང also མགར་ས་རྫོང) or Gasa Tashi Thongmön Dzong (མགར་ས་བཀྲིས་མཐོང་སྨོན་རྫོང་) near Gasa is the administrative center of Gasa Dzongkhag (district) in the northwestern region of Bhutan. The dzong was built in the 17th century by Tenzin Drukdra the second Druk Desi over the site of a meditation place established by Drubthob Terkungpa in the 13th century. The Dzong was constructed as a bulwark against attacks from the north and named Tashi Tongmön Dzong. It was later expanded by the fourth Desi, Gyalse Tenzin Rabgye. Inside the Guardian's Temple (Goenkhang) he placed ritual object and performed the consecration ceremony.
In January 2008 Gasa Dzong was badly damaged by a fire that took 10 hours to put out.
Text adapted from “Gasa Dzong” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gasa Dzong ranks #4,093 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #8 of the 14 mapped in Bhutan. Founded c. 1650, it is older than 25% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 708 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. The nearest day-trip guide is Thimphu, 49 km away. See how Bhutan compares in the castle statistics.
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