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    "title": {
        "media": {
          "url": "/unesconp/objects/dtp_006.jpg",
          "caption": "Boudhanath",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal Timeline",
          "text": "CollectionBuilder-GH is a template for creating small digital collection exhibits on GitHub Pages designed for teaching digital library skills"
        }
    },
    "events": [
      {
        "media": {
          "url": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/objects/dtp_001.jpg",
          "caption": "Sagarmatha National park",
          "link": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/item.html?id=dtp_001",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1979"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Sagarmatha National park",
          "text": "Sagarmatha National Park encompasses the mountains of the Great Himalayan Range which includes the Earth's highest mountain above sea level, Mount Everest (known in Nepal as Sagarmatha), and the Sacred Himalayan Landscape, the transboundary landscape in the eastern Himalayas.[6] The park covers an area of 124,400 hectares (307,000 acres) of land and 20 villages with 6000 Sherpas who have lived in the area for the last four centuries.[6]"
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/objects/dtp_002.jpg",
          "caption": "Bhaktapur Durbar Square",
          "link": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/item.html?id=dtp_002",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1979"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Bhaktapur Durbar Square",
          "text": "Bhaktapur Durbar Square is a former royal palace complex located in Bhaktapur, Nepal. It housed the Malla kings of Nepal from 14th to 15th century and the kings of the Kingdom of Bhaktapur from 15th to late 18th century until the kingdom was conquered in 1769. "
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/objects/dtp_003.jpg",
          "caption": "Kathmandu Durbur Square",
          "link": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/item.html?id=dtp_003",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1979"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Kathmandu Durbur Square",
          "text": "Kathmandu Durbar Square is a historically and culturally significant site in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is one of the three Durbar (royal palace) Squares in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/objects/dtp_004.jpg",
          "caption": "Patan Durbar Square",
          "link": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/item.html?id=dtp_004",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1979"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Patan Durbar Square",
          "text": "Patan Durbar Square is situated at the centre of the city of Lalitpur in Nepal. one of the historical Royal Palace among three Durbar."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/objects/dtp_005.jpg",
          "caption": "Swayambhunath",
          "link": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/item.html?id=dtp_005",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1979"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Swayambhunath",
          "text": "Swayambhu  is an ancient religious complex a top a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. The Tibetan name for the site means 'Sublime Trees' (Wylie: Phags.pa Shing.kun), for the many varieties of trees found on the hill."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/objects/dtp_006.jpg",
          "caption": "Boudhanath",
          "link": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/item.html?id=dtp_006",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1979"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Boudhanath",
          "text": "Bouddha  also known as Boudhanath, Khasti Chaitya and Khāsa Chaitya is a stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal. its massive mandala makes it one of the largest spherical stupas in Nepal and the world."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/objects/dtp_007.jpg",
          "caption": "Changu Narayan",
          "link": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/item.html?id=dtp_007",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1979"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Changu Narayan",
          "text": "Changu Narayan is an ancient Hindu temple and considered to be one of the oldest temple in Nepal. The temple is dedicated to lord Vishnu."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/objects/dtp_008.jpg",
          "caption": "Pashupatinath temple",
          "link": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/item.html?id=dtp_008",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1979"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Pashupatinath temple",
          "text": "Pashupatinath Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Pashupati, and is located in Kathmandu, Nepal near the Bagmati River. This is currently the largest temple in the world as well as one of the Oldest Temple."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/objects/dtp_009.jpg",
          "caption": "Chitwan National Park",
          "link": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/item.html?id=dtp_009",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1984"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Chitwan National Park",
          "text": "Chitwan National Park, part of the subtropical Inner Terai lowlands of south-central Nepal, is home to one of the last populations of Indian rhinoceros and the Bengal tiger. Historically used by the feudal big game hunters and their entourage, where they stayed for a couple of months shooting hundreds of tigers, rhinoceroses, elephants, leopards, and sloth bears.The park is now one of the last remaining ecosystems of the Tarai region and it is home to over 68 mammal species."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/objects/dtp_010.jpg",
          "caption": "Lumbini, the Brithplace of the Lord Buddha",
          "link": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/item.html?id=dtp_010",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1997"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Lumbini, the Brithplace of the Lord Buddha",
          "text": "Lumbini, where the founder of the world religion of Buddhism, Gautama Buddha, was born in 623 BC.Lumbini is regarded as one of the holiest places in Buddhism and it features pilgrimage sites dating back to the 3rd century BC. The complex includes the Lumbini pillar\ninscription, Maya Devi Temple, and Shakya Tank where Maya bathed before giving birth to Buddha."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/objects/dtp_011.jpg",
          "caption": "The early medieval architectural complex of panauti",
          "link": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/item.html?id=dtp_011",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1996"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "The early medieval architectural complex of panauti",
          "text": "Panauti, located at the confluence of two sacred rivers Roshi River and Punyamati River, is home to numerous heritage structures. Both Hindus and Buddhists consider Panauti to be a sacred town, and it contains numerous architectural complexes including the Indresvar Mahadev Temple and the Brahmayani Temple. Yomari, a popular delicacy in Nepal, originated from Panauti"
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/objects/dtp_012.jpg",
          "caption": "Tilaurakot,the archaeological remains of anicent Shakya Kingdom",
          "link": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/item.html?id=dtp_012",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1996"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Tilaurakot,the archaeological remains of anicent Shakya Kingdom",
          "text": "Tilaurakot is believed to be the cardinal point of the ancient Shakya city of Kapilavastu, where Gautama Buddha spent 29 years of his life.He left his palace at  Kapilavastu to live a life as an ascetic to reach enlightenment.Tilaurakot is also a holy site for Hindus and there are numerous temples on the site."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/objects/dtp_013.jpg",
          "caption": "Cave architecture of Muktinath valley of Mustang",
          "link": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/item.html?id=dtp_013",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1996"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Cave architecture of Muktinath valley of Mustang",
          "text": "Sky Caves of Mustang were originally used as burial chambers, the caves eventually became meditation chambers, military lookouts, or storage units as part of the Kingdom of Lo.There are roughly around 10,000 man-made caves dug into the sides of valleys, some of which are estimated to be thousands of years old."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/objects/dtp_014.jpg",
          "caption": "The medieval palace complex of Gorkha",
          "link": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/item.html?id=dtp_014",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1996"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "The medieval palace complex of Gorkha",
          "text": "Gorkha Palace complex is a 16th-century palace built by the King of Gorkha, Ram Shah.Built in traditional Nepalese architecture, It served as a fort, a palace, and a temple.Prithvi Narayan Shah was crowned as the King of Gorkha in the palace, who would later be crowned the first King of a unified Nepal.Gorkha Palace was severely damaged by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake"
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/objects/dtp_015.jpg",
          "caption": "Ramagrama, the relic stupa of Lord Buddha",
          "link": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/item.html?id=dtp_015",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1996"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Ramagrama, the relic stupa of Lord Buddha",
          "text": "The site includes the only undisturbed original stupa containing relics of Buddha. According to the legends, Mauryan emperor, Ashoka, visited the Ramagrama in 249 BC, however, when he tried to open the stupa, a snake god appeared and told him not to open it, subsequently, he left it alone. Currently, there are no plans to open the stupa, and the site only features a grassy mound."
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/objects/dtp_016.jpg",
          "caption": "Khokana, the veracular village and its mustard oil seed industrial heritage",
          "link": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/item.html?id=dtp_016",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "1996"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Khokana, the veracular village and its mustard oil seed industrial heritage",
          "text": "Khokana is described being a \"living museum\" as includes a system of drainage and chowks, traditional houses, chaityas, a mother deity temple, and its mustard fields and processing sites.Home to the indigenous Newar people, governed as part of the Lalitpur metropolitan city, and Khokana has some surviving works from the Kirata-era.[28] Today, it is known for producing mustard oil.[29][30]"
        }
      },{
        "media": {
          "url": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/objects/dtp_017.jpg",
          "caption": "Medieval Earthen walled city of Lo Manthang",
          "link": "https://din977.github.io/unesconp/item.html?id=dtp_017",
          "credit": "World heritage sites and tentative sites in Nepal"
        },
        "start_date": { 
          "year": "2008"
        },
        "text": {
          "headline": "Medieval Earthen walled city of Lo Manthang",
          "text": "Lo Manthang was established as the capital of the Kingdom of Lo in the 14th century.Situated 3800 meters above sea level, it was once the hub of the ancient Tibet–Nepal\nsalt trade route.Even though Nepal was opened to the outside world in the 1950s, Upper Mustang was restricted to foreigners until 1992 and currently, there is a limit on how many tourists are allowed to visit. Due to its isolation, the city has preserved its way of life."
        }
      }
    ]
}