Nuwakot Durbar: The Seven-Story Palace Guide
Before Kathmandu fell, there was Nuwakot. Nuwakot Durbar is a seven-story palace on a hilltop northwest of Kathmandu. King Prithvi Narayan Shah captured it in 1744 and made it his forward base for the conquest of the Kathmandu Valley. For over 20 years, this palace was effectively the second capital of the growing Gorkha kingdom. The unification of Nepal was…