Nepal · 16th century
The Gorkha Palace, located in the Gorkha district of Nepal, is a historic landmark built in the 16th century by Ram Shah. The palace is built on top of a hill at an altitude of about 1,000 meters (3,300 ft). This palace is an hour walk from the downtown Gorkha bazaar.
The palace is the birthplace of the king Prithvi Narayan Shah who was born in 1723 and started the unification of Nepal. Prithvi Narayan Shah was born in the Dhuni Pari, a part of the Palace.
Text adapted from “Gorkha Palace” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gorkha Palace ranks #5,865 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #5 of the 6 mapped in Nepal. Founded c. 1550, it is older than 37% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,221 times in the last 60 days, more than 56% of the atlas. See how Nepal compares in the castle statistics.
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