http://www.trekking-world.com/regional/nepal/kathmanduvalley/patan en http://www.trekking-world.com/patan <p><strong>Patan</strong> is one of the major cities of Nepal and the official name of this city is &ldquo;<strong>Lalitpur</strong>&rdquo;, which is a Sanskrit word which means &ldquo;<strong>City of Beauty</strong>&rdquo; and its Newari name is &ldquo;<strong>Yala</strong>&rdquo;, which was named after King Yalambe and ever since then this ancient city was known as Yala. <strong>Bagmati</strong> <strong>River </strong>separates Patan from <strong>Kathmandu</strong>. The city is believed to be founded in the 3rd century B.C. and it is the one of the oldest city in the Kathmandu Valley.</p> <p><a href="http://www.trekking-world.com/patan">read more</a></p> http://www.trekking-world.com/patan#comments 27.670000 85.330000 Patan Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:14:34 +0100 Suman 402 at http://www.trekking-world.com