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Badshahi Mosque, Lahore Pakistan
Entering Lahore from the Grand Trunk (GT) Road from the north, two landmarks of Lahore come to the view - the Minar-e-Pakistan and the grand Badshahi Mosque, displaying their splendours and majestic architecture to the on lookers. It is one of the city's best known landmarks, and a major tourist attraction, and a reminder of the beauty and grandeur of the Mughal era architecture.
This grand mosque with the biggest courtyard of any mosque around the world was built by the Mogul emperor Aurangzeb in the 17th century (1674 to be exact). Its construction was completed in a record time of two and a half years. Aurangzeb built the mosque which is bigger than the Friday Mosque in New Delhi, built by his father Shah Jehan. The mosque is entirely made of marble and red stand stone. Its main entrance measures 21.33 meters in length and a courtyard of 161.5 x 160.6 meters. The marble domes cover seven prayer chambers, surrounded by four minarets at the four corners of the mosque, each with an outer circumference of 20 meters, soaring up to 54 meters. The walls and roofs of the prayer halls have tastefully decorated with Islamic calligraphy, traditional Persian tile sheathing and fresco. The use of stone and marble for exteriors and interiors lends the mosque a solid monumentality.
For more information, please visit www.pakistanpaedia.com/landmarks/badshahi_mosque-lahore.htm
Badshahi Mosque, Lahore Pakistan
Entering Lahore from the Grand Trunk (GT) Road from the north, two landmarks of Lahore come to the view - the Minar-e-Pakistan and the grand Badshahi Mosque, displaying their splendours and majestic architecture to the on lookers. It is one of the city's best known landmarks, and a major tourist attraction, and a reminder of the beauty and grandeur of the Mughal era architecture.
This grand mosque with the biggest courtyard of any mosque around the world was built by the Mogul emperor Aurangzeb in the 17th century (1674 to be exact). Its construction was completed in a record time of two and a half years. Aurangzeb built the mosque which is bigger than the Friday Mosque in New Delhi, built by his father Shah Jehan. The mosque is entirely made of marble and red stand stone. Its main entrance measures 21.33 meters in length and a courtyard of 161.5 x 160.6 meters. The marble domes cover seven prayer chambers, surrounded by four minarets at the four corners of the mosque, each with an outer circumference of 20 meters, soaring up to 54 meters. The walls and roofs of the prayer halls have tastefully decorated with Islamic calligraphy, traditional Persian tile sheathing and fresco. The use of stone and marble for exteriors and interiors lends the mosque a solid monumentality.
For more information, please visit www.pakistanpaedia.com/landmarks/badshahi_mosque-lahore.htm