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Kathmandu

Durbar Square

  • Address
    • Old Town
  • Price
    • foreigner/SAARC Rs 200/25, no student tickets

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Lonely Planet review for Durbar Square

Kathmandu’s Durbar Square was where the city’s kings were once crowned and legitimised, and from where they ruled (durbar means ‘palace’). As such, the square remains the traditional heart of the old town and Kathmandu’s most spectacular legacy of traditional architecture, even though the king no longer lives in the Hanuman Dhoka – the palace was moved north to Narayanhiti about a century ago.