Dzong Architecture - Characteristics

Characteristics

Distinctive features include:

• High inward sloping walls of brick and stone painted white with few or no windows in the lower sections of the wall
• Use of a surrounding red ochre stripe near the top of the walls, sometimes punctuated by large gold circles.
• Use of Chinese-style flared roofs atop interior temples.
• Massive entry doors made of wood and iron
• Interior courtyards and temples brightly colored in Buddhist-themed art motifs such as the ashtamangala or swastika, for example.