Nepal’s heritage sites on shaky ground after devastating quake
February 8, 2018
Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team (VERT) Summary by Camilla Favaretti.
United Nations News Center:
Eighty per cent of the temples and historic structures in both Bhaktapur and Kathmandu Durbar Squares have been destroyed. The walls on two wings of the former Royal Palace in Kathmandu, which is now a museum, have totally disintegrated from the corners.
Camilla Favaretti is a Ph.D. Student in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Irvine
Curated topics from the April 25, 2015, Nepal Earthquake to help inform reconnaissance activities, identify impacted regions, and help document the timeline of earthquake response/recovery.
Information on heritage and historic buildings—context, background, and impacts—from the April 25, 2015 Nepal earthquake.