page_title: Tibet Institute Rikon
section_title: Institute's building
hierarchical_section_title: Tibet Institute Rikon / Institute's building
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Klösterliches Tibet-Institut in Zell-Rikon (Schweiz).English: Tibetan monastery Tibet Institute Rikon in Zell-Rikon (Switzerland).
context_page_description: The Tibet Institute Rikon is a Tibetan monastery located in Zell-Rikon im Tösstal in the Töss Valley in Switzerland. It is an established as a non-profit foundation because Swiss laws resulting from the 19th century secularization movement did until 1973 not allow for the establishment of new monasteries.
context_section_description: The Institute building was designed in a functional western style which incorporates traditional Tibetan elements. The overall design was not based on traditional Tibetan sacred architecture, because this would have reflected the altered role of a Tibetan monastery in the West in a misleading manner.
caption: Portal
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