Nepal’s quake-damaged UNESCO world heritage palace, the Nine-Storeyed Basantapur Palace complex restoration completed with  Chinese aid

Kathmandu:  Nepal’s quake-damaged UNESCO world heritage palace, the Nine-Storeyed Basantapur Palace complex, was restored with  Chinese aid after hard work for nearly 5 years. The restoration of the main body of the Basantapur Palace complex at the heart of Kathmandu Durbar Square, a world cultural heritage site in Nepal’s capital city, was completed as part of the first major cultural heritage restoration project China has conducted in Nepal.

Launched in August 2017, the restoration project was fully aided by the Chinese government and guided by the National Cultural Heritage Administration of China, while the overall restoration task fell onto CACH.

The Basantapur Palace complex, which previously served as a museum before the earthquake, is expected to reopen after the entire project is completed.