A succession of kings built and elaborated on the main royal palace here, which gave it the name "Durbar" or palace, Square. The area flourished in the 16-17th century, the "Golden Age" of the Kathmandu Valley, when the Malla rulers of the three neighboring city-states of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur waged artistic warfare to see who could built the most splendid monuments. Any innovation in one was quickly copied by the other kings, a competition that explains the similarities between the three cities Durbar Squares.
Today, modern life is interwoven with the historical past, flowing in, out and around the royal monuments in a steady stream. Children play at the feet of fierce guardian lion images and fly kites from the steps of 300-year-old temples, while a parade of passersby, from honking taxis to barefoot porters, crosses the square. There is much hidden history in Durbar Square too, things visible to the eye which conceal their meaning from all but those who know it intimately.
You can enjoy by visiting/seeing the following prominent sites among many others:
· New Road (old and new downtown)
· Basantapur Tower
· Basantapur Square
· Kumari Bahal (The Temple of Living Goddess)
· Kashthamandap Temple
· Maru Ganesh Temple
· Shiva Temple
· Shiva-Parvati Temple
· Gaddhi Baithak (The Palace with an European Style Facade)
· Hanuman Dhoka (The Main Entrance to the Old Palace)
· Statue of King Pratap Malla
· Jagannath Temple
· Degu Taleju Temple
· Taleju Temple
· Black Bhairav Statue
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