Bhaktapur’s Three Squares on a Living Newar Walking Route
Three squares make it possible to experience Bhaktapur as a living Newar city: architecture, crafts and practical choices for taking your time.
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Bhaktapur is a lived-in Newar city where Durbar, Taumadhi and Dattatreya squares bring together palaces, pagodas, courtyards, workshops and places of worship. Brick, wood and metal buildings remain part of urban life.
The place
What makes it special
- Durbar Square, with the Palace of 55 Windows and the Golden Gate.
- Taumadhi Square and the five-tier Nyatapola pagoda.
- Dattatreya Square, its wood carvings and historic maths.
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- Nepal · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q837
- Nepal · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q2843253
- Nepal · Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata · Q36944486
- Nepal · World Countries — mledoze · ODbL 1.0 · World countries dataset by mledoze and contributors · ODbL 1.0
- Nepal · World Bank Open Data · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank
- Nepal · DBpedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · DBpedia
- Bhaktapur · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Bhaktapur · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Bhaktapur, Bhaktapur Municipality, Bhaktapur, Bagamati Province, 89130, Nepal · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Bhaktapur, Bagamati Province, Nepal · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Itachhen, Bhaktapur-02, Bhaktapur, Bhaktapur Municipality, Bhaktapur, Bagamati Province, Nepal · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
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Profile updated: 27/09/2026