Pratapur Temple in the Swayambhu Monument Zone of the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage site, Nepal suffered damage from a lightning strike at around 5 a.m. on 14 February, during a sudden thunderstorm.

UNESCO World Heritage Centre. The devastating earthquakes of 25 April and the aftershocks that followed have heavily damaged the monuments and sites within the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage property ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal - The UNESCO World Heritage Monuments of the Kathmandu Valley here reopened for tourists after the 24/5 earthquake that partially damaged these centuries-old palaces and temples. | ...

The workshop was aligned with one of the six recommendations: capacity building provided by The International Scientific Committee for the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Property (ISC-KV) in 2023.

In an exclusive interview to TOI from Paris, Feng Jing - the head of the Asia Pacific Unit at the World Heritage Centre said “Kathmandu Valley as a whole was designated a world heritage site in ...

Kathmandu, June 26. Boasting seven world heritage sites, the Kathmandu Valley remains a popular tourist destination among foreigners. However, it has been found that 16 cultural and heritage sites ...

Hundreds of monuments of the Kathmandu Valley’s World Heritage sites were completely destroyed on April 25. Here’s the story of a few of them.

Seven monument zones in the valley make up the world heritage site. The three urban zones at the site are Durbar squares - meaning "noble courts" - in the settlements of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and ...

Kathmandu was part of the Newar kingdom until 1768, when the country was unified, and a vast royal area was created at its heart – now the World Heritage-listed Durbar Square.

With the support of local volunteers as well as long-standing partners ICOMOS, ICORP and ICCROM, UNESCO has continued evaluating damage to Nepalese cultural heritage in the past week, after ...