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Thimphu, Thimphu · 27.4894°, 89.6350°
The fortress-monastery on the Wang Chhu that houses Bhutan's throne room and government offices and serves as the traditional summer seat of the central monastic body. The first Do-Ngön Dzong was built on a different site in 1216 by Lama Gyalwa Lhanapa; Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal took it over in 1641 and renamed it, a new dzong was raised at the present site after a fire in 1772, and the third king, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, rebuilt it from 1962 after the capital moved from Punakha, with consecration in 1968.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Wangchuck