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Badshahi mosque, an incredible piece of architecture that exhibits the heritage of the Mughal Empire in Lahore.

The Badshahi Mosque (Urdu: بادشاہی مسجد‎) or the 'Royal Mosque' in Lahore, commissioned by the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671 and completed in 1673, is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world. Epitomising the beauty, passion and grandeur of the Mughal era, it is Lahore's most famous landmark and a major tourist attraction.

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Uploaded on July 17, 2013
Taken on June 24, 2013