| 31. | Jacaranda trees grow around the dzong, blooming with mauve flowers in the spring.
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| 32. | Around 1627, the Zhabdrung built Simtokha Dzong at the entrance to Thimphu valley.
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| 33. | Also near the dam is the Senge Dzong Monastery Chagdud Center Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism.
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| 34. | The winter capital was at Punakha, a dzong established northeast of Thimphu in 1527.
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| 35. | In the 1897 earthquake, the dzong was severely damaged and also suffered numerous fires.
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| 36. | The Dzong is away from the bridge.
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| 37. | The winter capital was at Punakha Dzong, a dzong established northeast of Thimphu in 1527.
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| 38. | The winter capital was at Punakha Dzong, a dzong established northeast of Thimphu in 1527.
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| 39. | However,, the Trashigang Dzong was still used for the town's yearly tsechu.
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| 40. | In 1644 the Zhabdrung dismantled the existing dzong and laid the foundations of a new dzong.
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