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The Lahore Fort, locally referred to as Shahi Qila is citadel of the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the northwestern corner of the Walled City of Lahore.
Shahi Hammam, also known as the Wazir Khan Hammam, the 17th-century royal baths of Lahore's Old City.
Detail of Islamic architectural decoration from the Wazir Khan Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. It was built in 1634 during the rule of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, a period acknowledged as the golden age of Mughal architecture in the subcontinent. It was during this period Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife Mumtaz.
This detail is from the ceiling of the mosque. All the three elements of Islamic art are on display: geometric patterns, Arabic calligraphy, and vegetal/floral patterns. There are two types of Arabic writing styles shown and the central one is the Islamic declaration of faith about the oneness of God and the prophethood of Muhammad.
This was taken during my last holiday in Pakistan and brief visit to Lahore, which is a fantastic city in terms of history and art. For history I was with Prof. KK Aziz (I always stay with him in Lahore), one of Pakistan's top historians, and for art I had a session with Dr Ajaz Anwar, the Curator of the National College of Arts, Lahore, a great place to see contemporary artwork. Ajaz, an accomplished painter, is a great proponent for the preservation of old Lahore.
Lahore, Pakistan - 20 November 1978
Broad gauge (5'6") 2-8-0 2309, built 1924 by Vulcan Foundry (wks #3685) for North Western Railway of India.
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The Lahore Fort (Punjabi and Urdu: شاہی قلعہ: Shahi Qila, or "Royal Fort"), is a citadel in the city of Lahore, Pakistan.
The fortress is located at the northern end of Lahore's Walled City, and spreads over an area greater than 20 hectares. It contains 21 notable monuments, some of which date to the era of Emperor Akbar. The Lahore Fort is notable for having been almost entirely rebuilt in the 17th century, when the Mughal Empire was at the height of its splendour and opulence
Went on a walk in the streets of Lahore and found this beautiful light coming through narrow alleys......
Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.
The Lahore Fort, Shahi Qila, شاہی قلعہ) of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Lahore (لاةور) is Pakistan's second largest city, and the capital of the northeastern Punjab province. It is widely considered the country's cultural capital. The heart of Lahore is the Walled or Inner City, a very densely populated area of about one square kilometre. Founded in legendary times, and a cultural centre for over a thousand years, Lahore has many attractions to keep the tourist busy. The Mughal and Sikh legacy survives in the Lahore Fort, Badshahi Mosque and Gurdwara, the Mall is lined with colonial-gothic buildings from the British Raj, and the suburbs of Gulberg and Defence feature palatial mansions and trendy shopping districts.
Punjab/Pakistan (The Badshahi Mosque or Imperial Mosque, is a Mughal era mosque located west of Lahore Fort along the outskirts of the Walled City of Lahore.
Badshahi Mosque was commissioned by Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671, with construction of the mosque lasting for two years until 1673. The mosque is an important example of Mughal architecture, with an exterior that is decorated with carved red sandstone with marble inlay. Upon completion, it became world's largest mosque and remained so for 313 years until the expansion of Prophet's Mosque. It remains the largest and most recent of the grand imperial mosques of the Mughal-era, and is the second-largest mosque in Pakistan. After the fall of the Mughal Empire, the mosque was used as a garrison by the Sikh Empire and the British Empire...)
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Lahore Museum was established in 1894 in Lahore, Pakistan, and is one of the major museums of South Asia. Lahore Museum is also known as Central Museum, and is located on The Mall.
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A beautiful painting by an unknown artist of Town Hall, Lahore in a pre-partition mood set displayed in Garrison Mess, Lahore ( I shot this with my cell phone camera while staying in the mess)
Lahore, Pakistan
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Alamgiri Gate of Lahore fort (Royal Fort), Pakistan.
The Lahore Fort, locally referred to as Shahi Qila (Shahi means Royal and Qilla mean fort) (Urdu: شاهی قلعہ ) Royal fort is citadel of the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the northwestern corner of the Walled City of Lahore. The trapezoidal composition is spread over 20 hectares. Origins of the fort go as far back as antiquity, however, the existing base structure was built during the reign of Mughal emperor Akbar (1556-1605), and was regularly upgraded by subsequent rulers,having thirteen gates in all. Thus the fort manifests the rich traditions of the entire Mughal architecture. Some of the famous sites inside the fort include: Sheesh Mahal, Alamgiri Gate, Naulakha pavilion, and Moti Masjid. In 1981, the fort was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the Shalimar Gardens (Lahore).
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