The literal meaning of Durbar Square is a " place of palaces " . There are three preserved Durbar Squares in Kathmandu valley and one unpreserved in Kirtipur . The Durbar Square of Kathmandu is in the old city and has heritage buildings representing four kingdoms ( Kantipur , Lalitpur , Bhaktapur , Kirtipur ) ; the earliest is the Licchavi dynasty . The complex has 50 temples and is distributed in two quadrangles of the Durbar Square . The outer quadrangle has the Kasthamandap , Kumari Ghar , and Shiva-Parvati Temple ; the inner quadrangle has the Hanuman Dhoka palace . The squares were severely damaged in the April 2015 Nepal earthquake
April 2015 Nepal earthquake
April 2015 Nepal earthquake
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