- Taktsé Castle
Taktsé Castle (bo-tw|t=སྟག་རྩེ་|w=Stag-rtse) was a castle located in the
Chingwa (wylie|w=Phying-ba) district ofChonggyä (wylie|w=’Phyongs-rgyas) in centralTibet . According to legend, it was home to the kings of Tibet beforeSongtsen Gampo (604 –650 ) moved his capital toLhasa . It would later become the birthplace of the GreatFifth Dalai Lama (1617 –1682 ), whose aristocratic family had made their home there.
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