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Divided like a ritual diagram into eight parts, each protected by one of the demon-like Astamatrkas, the 'Eight Mothers', with the almighty Tripurasundari at its centre, Bhaktapur, one of the three state-city of Kathmandu Valley, is a display of the Newar architecture and art of the Malla period (xii - xviii c.).
The city remained relatively isolated until 1950 when Nepal opened to the West and, though the 1934 earthquake destroyed many buildings, a great deal of monuments and traditional houses are well preserved and still survive in their original form.
Bhaktapur is ethnically, religiously and culturally more homogeneous than Kathmandu and Patan being much less affected by modern development.
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The area that comprises the Durbar Square / Taumadhi Tole complex and the Dattatraya square is protected as UNESCO World Heritage site.
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