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| Layaku(Bhaktapur Durbar Square) |
Nepal Travel Book:: Bhaktapur:: Jan 29 2015::
Layaku (Bhaktapur Durbar Square)The Durbar Squares are the historic cores of the three major towns within the Kathmandu Vally. Durbar means ‘Palace’ and the squares were developed around the former royal palaces and a series of important temples and shrines, linked together by an open public space. They were, and still are, the centre of public life in the cities. In the western corner of the city, Bhaktapur Durbar Square is relatively unintegrated into daily life. This spectacular square, the capital of the Malla kingdom till 1769, is an open museum in itself. Victorian illustrations show that it was once packed with monasteries, temples and artistic buildings, almost one third of which were devastated in the great earthquake of 1934 AD and is former odd blank space ruining the once masterful composition. This square however, still holds mesmerizing palaces, pagodas, Shikara style temples as well as Buddhists monasteries with exclusive architecture.
