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Kathmandu valley the City of Newars is described as "an enormous treasure house of art and sculptures", which are made of wood, stone, metal, and terracotta, and found in profusion in temples, shrines, stupas, gompas, chaityas and palaces. The art objects are also seen in street corners, lanes, private courtyards, and in open ground.
Kathmandu Valley itself was referred to as "Nepal Proper" by British historians. As per the World Bank, the Kathmandu Valley was one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in South Asia with 2.5 million population by 2010 and an annual growth rate of 4%. [4] In 2015, Kathmandu Valley was hit by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. [5]
[1] [2] Residential houses, monastic courtyards known as baha and bahi, rest houses, temples, stupas, priest houses and palaces are the various architectural structures found in the Kathmandu valley. Most of the chief monuments are located in the Durbar Squares of Kathmandu , Lalitpur and Bhaktapur , the old royal palace complexes built between ...
A number of traditional carved windows in the Kathmandu Valley are celebrated for their uniqueness. Desay Madu Jhya (देसय मदु झ्या:), set in a house in Kathmandu, means "the only window of its kind in the country". [9] Lunjhyā (लुँझ्याः) at Patan Durbar, Patan is a gilded window. The name means "golden ...
The name Kathmandu is derived from Kasthamandap. [3] [4] On the eastern side stands Dhansā Degah (धन्सा देग:) (alternative name: Dhunsar), a 17th-century pagoda-shaped building. Its carved wood windows provide a specimen of the art of woodworking which has been highly developed in the Kathmandu Valley since ancient times. [5]
Religious buildings and structures in Kathmandu (7 P) S. Schools in Kathmandu (1 C, 29 P) Sports venues in Kathmandu (6 P) T. Towers in Kathmandu (3 P)
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 Prince was impressed by the architecture of houses in Kathmandu and assumed it was due to the Chinese influence. He also described the temples and stone sculptures and courtyards (Bahals) in his journal and mentioned the cobbled streets and the gutters in Kathmandu was far better than what he saw in India. [3]