Wolfgang's photos with the keyword: Paro Dzong

This was the view from our farm house where we stayed during our visit in Paro. We just stepped over a cabbage field we reached the beautiful alley leading to the Paro Bridge and to the Dzong.

The Paro Dzong, also called Rinpung Dzong, was started in 1644 on the order of Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, the unifier of modern day Bhutan. Unlike most of the other dzongs in Bhutan, it survived the massive 1897 earthquake mostly unscathed, though it was damaged by fire in 1907.