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. | ...

20 COM VII.D.52/53 SOC: Kathmandu Valley (Nepal) VII.52 Kathmandu Valley (Nepal) The World Heritage Committee at its seventeenth session in 1993, expressed deep concern over the state of conservation ...

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 ...

The Kathmandu valley lies at an ethereal altitude of 4,600 ft. (1,400 m), and, ... 2015. The building, a UNESCO world heritage site, was severely damaged in the earthquake.

The International Scientific Committee for the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Property (ISC-KV), established to aid the Government of Nepal in the recovery and management of the Kathmandu Valley ...

But their future took a turn on April 25, 2015, when a 7.8-magnitude earthquake tore through Nepal, killing nearly 9,000 people and wreaking havoc on centuries of heritage in the Kathmandu Valley.

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 ...