Nuwakot Palace

Nuwakot Palace is a palace built by Nepal's first king Prithvi Narayan Shah in the 18th century and is located in Nuwakot, Bidur Municipality. The palace is currently being restored after the April 2015 Nepal earthquake which devastated the complex. Nuwakot Palace is currently listed as a UNESCO tentative site since 2008. Main palace The current main palace was built after Prithivi Narayan Shah conquered Nuwakot in . After the victory of Nuwakot, he relocated the capital from Gorkha to Nuwakot considering it to an appropriate location for the continuation of unification campaign. The palace has seven stories and thus is also called 'Sat-talle-durbar' (lit. seven storied palace) by locals. The ground floor was built to keep courtiers and guards. The main meeting room (Baitakh), prayer room and living room (called Shrinagar kakshya) is located on the first floor. The room for the king and queen is in the second floor. Third floor has a prayer room. Fourth floor was used to station armies and guards. Fifth and sixth floors were used as prison. King of Tanahu, Tri Bikaram Sen and Bal Narsingh of Kirtipir were imprisoned here. And the seventh floor was used as Burja. The roof uses glazed tile.