Gyantse Fortress
Gyantse Dzong or Gyantse Fortress is one of the best preserved dzongs in Tibet, perched high above the town of Gyantse on a huge spur of grey brown rock.
- Tourist attraction
- Description: fortress in Gyantsé, Shigatse, Tibet, China
- Also known as“Gyantse Dzong”“Jiangzi Zongshan Anti British Site”“Site of resistance to British Aggression at Zongshan, Jiangzi”“Site of the Counter British Battle in Gyantse Dzong”“རྒྱལ་རྩེ་རྫོང 宗山抗英遗址”“宗山遗址”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palcho Monastery.
Palcho Monastery
The Palcho Monastery or Pelkor Chode Monastery… Palcho Monastery is situated 1 km northwest of Gyantse Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gyantse.
Gyantse Fortress
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Latitude
28.91786° or 28° 55′ 4″ north
Longitude
89.59956° or 89° 35′ 58″ east
Open location code
7MWFWH9X+4R
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tibetan—“Gyantse Fortress” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “宗山抗英遗址”
- Chinese: “江孜宗山”
- Chinese: “江孜宗山抗英遗址”
- Dutch: “Fort van Gyants”
- Dutch: “Fort van Gyantse”
- Dutch: “Gyantse”
- French: “Dzong de Gyantsé”
- German: “Dzong von Gyantse”
- German: “Festung von Gyangzê”
- Tibetan: “རྒྱལ་རྩེ་རྫོང”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dzong Park and 宗山.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Heros of Gyantse Dzong Memorial and 西藏江孜县第二小学.
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