Dharahara is tower at the center of Sundhara, Kathmandu, Nepal. The original form was constructed in 1824 during the time when Bhimsen Thapa was the prime minister. The architecture is influenced Mughal and European architecture and looks like Minarets popular in India. It was impacted by the earthquakes in 1834, 1934, and most recently in 2015 which resulted in multiple reconstructions. In 2015, the structure collapsed and only its base survived killing 9 people on the tower that day. I was in Nepal when this 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Kathmandu. I had been to Dharahara with my father just a few months and I recollect the time I had climbed the inside of it counting each of the 213 steps. It was nice to watch most of Kathmandu from 203 ft up high. The 2015 earthquake was tragic as more than 9,000 were killed. It was just as disheartening to me that my memory of climbing the Dharahara with my father could not be recreated any time soon.             

Image Source:
[1]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharahara#/media/File:KATHMANDU_NEPAL_FEB_2013_(8581665041).jpg
[2]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharahara#/media/File:Dharahara11.jpg