Sunday, February 18, 2007



Bhaktapur's Durbar Square isn't really up to much. It's of course host to the royal palace, that wall of buildings in the photo, which is now the National Art Gallery. The Golden Gate, pictured but ignored in the previous post, is part of the palace compound, and one of Nepal's most famous artworks. The rest of the square contains the usual assortment of shrines and temples, but overall it lacks the architechtural fireworks of its competitors. It also isn't much used by locals, as it sits at one end of the city rather than the traditional center.



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