Lahore Fort - Lahore, Pakistan
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N 31° 35.311 E 074° 18.751
43R E 434774 N 3495032
This is a massive fort, its grounds covering over 20 ha. It's a paramount place to visit in Pakistan and it's classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Waymark Code: WM1826J
Location: Pakistan
Date Posted: 05/15/2023
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Lahore Fort is in the core of Lahore, a historical city rich ain monuments and signs of the past. The fort, the main mosque, the walled town, the park with the Minar e-Pakistan... all of this is within walking distance.
There are several gates to the fort although only two are availale to visitors. A ticket is recquired, with a symblic fee for Pakistani and still a very affordable one for foreigners (about 3 EUR/USD).
The fort is immense and has plenty to see. Some parts of it (just two, apparently) recquire an additional ticket, again, just a few cents.
It's open to visitors everyday from 8 AM to 6 PM.
It was originally built in the middle 16th century on a historically inhabited area, but most of what we can see today is the result of a full renovation which took place in the 17th century.
From Wikipedia (please read the full article for details on the fort):
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"The Lahore Fort is a citadel in the city of Lahore, Pakistan.The fortress is located at the northern end of walled city Lahore, 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.
Though the site of the Lahore Fort has been inhabited for millennia, the first record of a fortified structure at the site was regarding an 11th-century mud-brick fort. The foundations of the modern Lahore Fort date to 1566 during the reign of Emperor Akbar, who bestowed the fort with a syncretic architectural style that featured both Islamic and Hindu motifs.Additions from the Shah Jahan period are characterized by luxurious marble with inlaid Persian floral designs, while the fort's grand and iconic Alamgiri Gate was constructed by the last of the great Mughal Emperors, Aurangzeb, and faces the renowned Badshahi Mosque.
After the fall of the Mughal Empire, Lahore Fort was used as the residence of Emperor Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire. The Sikhs made several additions to the fort. It then passed to the control of the East India Company after they annexed Punjab following their victory over the Sikhs at the Battle of Gujrat in February 1849. In 1981, the fort was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its "outstanding repertoire" of Mughal monuments dating from the era when the empire was at its artistic and aesthetic zenith."