Rinpung Dzong (Dzongkha: སྤ་རོ་རིན་སྤུང་རྫོང) is a large dzong of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school in Paro District (སྤ་རོ་རྫོང་ཁག), Bhutan. It houses the district Monastic Body and government administrative offices of Paro Dzongkhag.
National Museum of Bhutan is a cultural museum next to Rinpung Dzong, the museum houses over 3,000 works of Bhutanese art, covering more than 1,500 years of Bhutan's cultural heritage.
Rinpung Dzong is quite close to Paro International Airport, so it is usually the first place to visit for the tourists who just arrived in Bhutan.
Dzong (Dzongkha: རྫོང) is a distinctive type of fortified monastery architecture found mainly in Bhutan and Tibet. The architecture is a complex of courtyards, temples, administrative offices, and monks' accommodation.
Rinpung Dzong is listed as a tentative site in Bhutan's Tentative List for UNESCO inclusion.
Rinpung Dzong sits on the slope, tourists can enjoy the panoramic view of the surrounding mountains.
Some scenes in the 1993 film Little Buddha were filmed in Rinpung Dzong.
