Three cities of Kathmandu Valley

The three cities of the Kathmandu Valley are

• Kathmandu
• Bhaktapur, or Bhadgaon
• Patan, or Lalitpur

They are the three historical capitals of the three main kingdoms of valley, that have been fighting each other in and out until the conquest of the three cities by the Gorka king Prithvi Narayan Shah in 1768, who is at the origin of Nepal as we know it now, and the rule of the Shah dynasty which lasted until May 28, 2008.