Durbar Square (Kathmandu)

Overview of part of the square

The Durbar Square (in Nepali वसन्तपुर दरवार क्षेत्र) in Kathmandu is the square in front of the old royal palace of the Kathmandu Kingdom. It was one of three royal squares in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal that are now UNESCO World Heritage Sites .

Durbar Square was surrounded by more than 50 pagodas, temples and palaces, most of which were made of wood and displayed the skills of the Newar , many of which were destroyed in the earthquake in Nepal on April 25, 2015.

Jagannath Temple and Hanuman Dhoka, the Royal Palace

Web links

Commons : Durbar Square Kathmandu  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Travel report about Durbar-Platz on reinold-online.de , accessed on April 25, 2015

Individual evidence

1. ^ Stefan Schultz: Nepal: lost world cultural heritage, lost places of pilgrimage. Spiegel online, April 25, 2015, accessed April 25, 2015 . 

Coordinates: 27 ° 42 ′ 14.7 "  N , 85 ° 18 ′ 25.5"  E