Dechencoling Palace ( Dzong-ke བདེ་ ཆེན་ ཆོས་ གླིང , wiley bde chen chos gling ་ ) is the residence of King Bhutan .
| Royal Palace | |
| Palace of Decolching | |
|---|---|
| བདེ་ ཆེན་ ཆོས་ གླིང | |
| A country |  Butane |
| Location | |
| Architect | |
| Founder | Jigme Dorji Wangchuck |
| Established | 1953 year |
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Geography
Located in Thimphu , the capital of Bhutan , 4 km north of Tashicho-dzong and 7 km north of the city center.
History
The palace was built in 1953 after the coronation of the third king of Bhutan, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk [1] [2] .
The palace is negotiating with international delegations. Indian ambassadors regularly visit the palace to discuss international relations between India and Bhutan . The palace also hosts traditional dinners and banquets, attended by heads of other countries.
Structure
The palace is a three-story building, next to which there will be a willow garden, lawn and ponds. The king and his wife live in the building, as well as other members of the royal family. The building was built in a traditional Bhutanese style, including furniture [3] [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Gyurme Dorje. Tibet Handbook: With Bhutan . - Footprint Travel Guides, 1999 .-- P. 839. - 951 p. - ISBN 1-900949-33-4 .
- ↑ CT Dorji. Blue annals of Bhutan . - Vikas Pub. House, 1997. - P. 110. - 183 p.
- ↑ Royal Palace In Dechencholing . Date of treatment May 24, 2014.
- ↑ Helmut Krasser. Tibetan studies, Volume 256, Part 2 . - 1997. - ISBN 3-7001-2657-3 .
Literature
- Lindsey Brown; Bradley Mahew, Stan Armington, Richard Whitecross. Bhutan . - Penguin, 2009 .-- ISBN 1-74059-529-7 .
- Francoise Pommaret. Bhutan Himlayan Mountains Kingdom (5th edition). - Odyssey Books and Guides, 2006. - P. 136–137.