Shigatse Dzong
Shigatse Dzong is the colloquial name for the large fortress in the Samzhubzê district in the highlands of Tibet , which served as a model for the Potala in Lhasa .
The kings of Tsang ruled here until the middle of the 17th century and ruled large parts of Tibet, including Lhasa, for a long time. When at the beginning of the 17th century The Gelugpa with the help of the Mongols from Amdo were able to achieve supremacy, the 5th Dalai Lama in 1642 became "Ruler of Tibet". However, since he resided in Lhasa, the Potala Palace was built there, the model of which is likely to have been Shigatse Dzong Castle. After the failure of the Tibetan popular uprising in 1959, the fortress was demolished in 1961 on the orders of the Chinese authorities. In the period from 2005 to 2007, it was reconstructed with donations from Shanghai. Old photos served as the basis for the reconstruction, but today the construction is carried out in cement or concrete walls, which are then to be clad with natural stone on the outside. It is to be transformed into a museum.
literature
- Heinrich Harrer : Wiedersehen mit Tibet , Innsbruck 1983, TB edition Ullstein Berlin 1998, especially pp. 198, 206
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Coordinates: 29 ° 16 ′ 38 ″ N , 88 ° 52 ′ 32 ″ E