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The Narayanhiti Palace Museum (Nepali: नारायणहिटी दरवार) is a public museum in Kathmandu, Nepal [1] located east of the Kaiser Mahal and next to Thamel. [2] The museum was created in 2008 from the complex of the former Narayanhiti Palace (or Narayanhiti Durbar ) following the 2006 revolution . [ 1 ]
The literal meaning of Durbar Square is a place of palaces. There are three preserved Durbar Squares in Kathmandu valley and one unpreserved in Kirtipur.The Durbar Square of Kathmandu is located in the old city and has heritage buildings representing four kingdoms (Kantipur, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Kirtipur), built over centuries, the earliest being the Licchavi dynasty.
The Nepalese royal massacre (also called Durbar Hatyakanda) occurred on 1 June 2001 at the Narayanhiti Palace, the then-residence of the Nepali monarchy. Nine members of the royal family, including King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, were killed in a mass shooting during a gathering of the royal family at the palace. [4]
National Museum of Nepal. Kathmandu is home to a number of museums and art galleries, including the National Museum of Nepal and the Natural History Museum of Nepal. Nepals's art and architecture is a dazzling display from medieval to the present, which is a heady amalgamation of two of the ancient and greatest religions of the world – Hinduism and Buddhism.
Bricks used in Kaiser Mahal with Nepali letters "Keshar" The palace complex lay in the heart of Kathmandu, to the west of the Narayanhity Palace. [1] [2] Later Jeet Shumsher sold his palace to Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, who then destroyed the old palace and build a new palace in 1895 for his son Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana [3] These unique and impressive Edwardian features ...
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Thapathali Durbar (Nepali: थापाथली दरवार) was a palace complex in Kathmandu, the capital of Thapathali means abode of the Thapas. It was initially built by Nain Singh Thapa of the Thapa dynasty but was later occupied by Jung Bahadur Rana(Thapa) , as prime minister, the executive head of Nepal.
Bag Durbar, (Nepali: बाग दरबार) is a palace in Kathmandu, Nepal, west of the Dharahara and Tundikhel.Initially the palace was owned by Amar Singh Thapa (Sardar) [note 1] of the Thapa regime and his descendant, but later was occupied by the Royals of the Shah dynasty and the government of Nepal.