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Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Nuwakot Durbar Palace
Rawat (1999)


This seven-story royal palace is in the town of Nuwakot, about 70 kilometers northwest of Kathmandu.
The Shah Dynasty,the present royal family which originated in the kingdom of Gorkha,
conquered Nuwakot in 1744, and soon after defeated the Malla rules of the Kathmandu valley,laying the basis for the evetual unification of all Nepal.