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This dzong, built in 1627 by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, stands on a low ridge 8 km. down the valley from Thimphu. The Institute for Language and Culture Studies is located here. The most noteworthy artistic 26feature of this dzong is the series of over 300 finely worked slate carvings behind the prayer wheels in the courtyard.