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{{Short description|Plazas by the old royal palaces in Nepal}}
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[[File:Durbar Square 2010.jpg|thumb|250px|Patan Durbar Square in 2010]]
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'''Durbar Square''' or royal Squares in English, is the generic name that refers to the plazas and areas opposite the old royal palaces in [[Nepal]]. The name comes from [[Persian language|Persian]] دربار ([[Durbar (court)|Darbar]]). The durbar squares are full of temples, idols, open courts, water fountains and  much more. Before the [[Unification of Nepal]], Nepal consisted of smaller  independent kingdoms, and Durbar Squares are some prominent remnants of those old kingdoms in Nepal. There are three Durbar Squares in the [[Kathmandu Valley]], belonging to the three  [[Newa people|Newar]] kingdoms who were situated there before unification, are most famous: [[Kathmandu Durbar Square]], [[Patan Durbar Square]], and [[Bhaktapur Durbar Square]]. All three of these landmarks are [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]]s.These sites had received significant damage due to the devastating [[April 2015 Nepal earthquake|earthquake of 2015]] but most structures still remain or were reconstructed.

==Further reading==
*von Schroeder, Ulrich. 2019. ''Nepalese Stone Sculptures''. Volume One: ''Hindu''; Volume Two: ''Buddhist''. (Visual Dharma Publications). {{ISBN|978-3-033-06381-5}}. Contains SD card with 15,000 digital photographs of Nepalese sculptures and other subjects as public domain.

==Gallery==
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Kathmandu-Durbar Square-38-Maju Dega-Narayana-Shiva Parvati Mandir-2013-gje.jpg|Maju Dega-Narayana-Shiva Parvati
Kathmandu-Durbar Square-10-Pratapamalla-Jagannath-2013-gje.jpg|Pratapamalla-Jagannath
Kathmandu-Bhimeshwara-04-Garuda-2013-gje.jpg|Bhimeshwara-Garuda
Kathmandu-Maju Dega-04-Kamadev-2007-gje.jpg|Maju Dega-Kamadev
File:Taleju Temple (17231063613) (cropped).jpg|Taleju
Kathmandu-Chyasin Dega-04-Saraswati-2007-gje.jpg|Saraswati-Chyasin Dega
Kathmandu-Gaddi Baithak-06-Festwagen-Erdbebenschaden-2015-gje.jpg|[[Gaddi Baithak]]
Kathmandu-Durbar Square-92-Souvenierladen-2007-gje.jpg|Souvenirs
File:Kathmandu Darbar0511.JPG|Bhagwati Temple (left), Big Bell or Taleju Bell, small Vishnu Temple (right), Kathmandu
File:Patan Durbar Square 2007-12-0278 (2580566218).jpg|Patan Durbar Square
File:Patan Durbar Square 2007-12-0282 (2579737535).jpg|Patan Durbar Square
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Durbar (court)]]
* [[Kathmandu Durbar Square]]
* [[Patan Durbar Square]]
* [[Bhaktapur Durbar Square]]
* {{Commons category-inline|Durbar Square}}

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