Fortress
Lhuentse Dzong
🇧🇹 Bhutan
Lhuentse Dzong is a dzong and Buddhist monastery in Lhuentse District in eastern Bhutan. It lies on the eastern side of the Kuri Chhu and is perched on a spur at the end of a narrow valley.
The Dzong was initially known as Kurtoed in the then-isolated Lhuentse District. It is the ancestral home of the House of Wangchuck (Dasho Jigme Namgyal was born there in 1825).
While its geographic coordinates are in eastern Bhutan, its cultural roots are central Bhutanese. This was because before road traffic connected it to Mongar, the approach was through a trade route crossing Rodang Pass.
Text adapted from “Lhuntse Dzong” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lhuentse Dzong ranks #5,553 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #12 of the 14 mapped in Bhutan. See how Bhutan compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Lhuentse Dzong?
Lhuentse Dzong stands in Bhutan, at 27.65°, 91.15°.
How famous is Lhuentse Dzong?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,553 of 8,133 worldwide, and #12 in Bhutan. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Lhuentse Dzong?
Jakar Dzong, about 42 km away.
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