article_snippet.sent: A high wall surrounding a monastery had collapsed and the nuns had run to a nearby field.
article_snippet.sent: It was reduced to rubble.
article_snippet.sent: The Kasthamandap temple had caved in.
article_snippet.sent: Temples that sat on impressive staircase-style pyramids were now dust.
article_snippet.sent: The western façade of the Basantapur palace had fallen apart and nothing remained of the remained of the nine-story medieval palace nearby.
article_snippet.sent: Along the northern boundary of the former royal museum, the wall had collapsed and people had poured out of the Uttar Dhoka neighborhood onto the palace lawn.