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| Architect | Vernacular |
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| Location | Bhutan | |
| Building Type | collective housing, monastery, religious | |
| Construction System | bearing masonry | |
| Climate | alpine | |
| Context | cliffside | |
| Style | Tibetan/Himalayan Vernacular. | |
| Notes | Sometime known as "Tak Sang" Monastery. | |
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| Discussion | Taktsang Monastery Commentary
"The Tak Sang cave monastery is...[a] major pilgrimage site, perched precariously near the top of a 4,000-foot precipice. Within it is the sacred cave where Guru Padmasambhava is said to have meditated." — Robert Z. Apte, Ph.D. Three Kingdoms on the Roof of the World. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1990. p29. | |
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Sources on Taktsang Monastery
Robert Z. Apte. Three Kingdoms on the Roof of the World - Bhutan, Nepal, Ladakh. Photographs by Robert Z. Apte. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1990. ISBN 0938077333. aerial photo, p8. — Available at Amazon.com Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com
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