Basantapur Square

Basantapur (Hatti) Chowk

Square of the souvenir dealers. What means a Settlement like Basantapur in Kathmandu Metropolitan City ?
Chowk (s.a. Nani, Cuka) = Courtyard

1709

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• Map from Michael Hutt, Nepal – A Guide to the Art and Architecture of the Kathmandu Valley, Boston 1995

• Based on a Map in H. Seemann, Gestern noch verbotenes Land - Nepal 2029, Stuttgart 1973

• Foto by Jerome Ryan in http://www.mountainsoftravelphotos.com/Nepal%20-%20Kathmandu/Main.html

• Foto by Ganesh Paudel in http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cultural_heritage_monuments_in_Kathmandu_District

• Foto by Jorge Lascar in https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlascar/sets/72157650732101953

• Foto by Damber Limbu in http://clicknroll.blogspot.de/2014/12/nepal-again.html

• Foto by N.N. in http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/nepals-unesco-world-heritage-sites-crumble-in-deadly-earthquake-its-an-irreparable-loss

• Foto by F. Nunnemann in 2016 A.D.

• Foto by carolcoco in https://bbs.qyer.com/thread-2925825-3.html

• National Geographic Information Infrastructure Programme, Index of Geographical Names of Nepal, ngiip.gov.np/data-center/

• You´ll find Overview Maps of all seven World Heritage Sites in http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/121/multiple=1&unique_number=1448