Other Highlights of Paro

Paro (Rinpung) Dzong

National Museum

Built 1656, Renovated 1968

Tamchhog Lhakhang

Private temple owned by the descendants of the famous Tibetan iron bridge builder, Thangtong Gyalpo.

This iron bridge was reconstructed in 2005 using some of the original iron chain links.  Gyalpo made iron suspension bridges more than 100 meters at the beginning of the 15th century while in Europe bridges greater than 20 meters were considered impressive