Palace & château
Taktsé Castle
🇨🇳 China
Taktsé Castle (Tibetan: སྟག་རྩེ་, Wylie: Stag-rtse) was a castle located in the Chingwa (Wylie: Phying-ba) district of Chonggyä (Wylie: Phyongs-rgyas) in central Tibet. According to legend, it was home to the kings of Tibet before Songtsen Gampo (604–650) moved his capital to Lhasa. It later became the birthplace of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama (1617–1682), whose aristocratic family had made their home there. Its ruins remain.
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Taktsé Castle ranks #7,001 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #81 of the 119 mapped in China. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how China compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Taktsé Castle?
Taktsé Castle stands in China, at 29.03153°, 91.67967°.
How famous is Taktsé Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,001 of 8,134 worldwide, and #81 in China. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Taktsé Castle?
Yungbulakang Palace, about 17 km away.
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