Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore

World Heritage

Pakistan

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These two are masterpieces of the glorious Mughal civilization period, which reached its peak during the reign of Emperor Shah Jahan. The fort contains marble palaces and mosques, decorated with mosaics and gilding. Built on three-tiered platforms near the city of Lahore, these gorgeous gardens, complete with huts, waterfalls and large ornamental ponds, are unmatched in their elegance.

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# Shalimar Gardens

# Mughal civilization

# Emperor Shah Jahan

# Marble Palace

# Three-tier platform

A view of the fort's iconic Alamigiri Gate

The use of elephant-shaped column brackets in buildings of the Lahore Fort reflects the influence of...

Lahore Fort is located across the Hazuri Bagh from the Badshahi Mosque (foreground)

Layout of the Lahore Fort in 1911

The fort's massive Picture Wall dates from the Jahangir period

The Sheesh Mahal is elaborately decorated with a myriad of reflective glass tiles

The marble Naulakha Pavilion is one of the most iconic sights at the fort

The fort's iconic Alamgiri Gate was built during the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb

The Picture Wall features mosaics depicting a myriad of scenes

The fort, as seen from the northeast minaret of the Badshahi Mosque

A picture showing the Lahore Fort (Alamgiri Gate in background) and Hazuri Bagh Pavilion (foreground...

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Information extracted from Wikidata

image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lahore%20Fort%20view%20from%20Baradari.jpg
instance of	Ténéré
located in the administrative territorial entity	Lahore
executive body	Lahore Fort
location of creation	Lahore Fort
number of rooms	viaf-315148146
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/02m30h
Commons category	Lahore Fort
coordinate location	Point(74.309722222 31.590277777)
Commons gallery	Lahore Fort
native label	قلعہ لاہور
category for the view from the item	Ancient City of Nessebar

heritage designation	Category:Views of Pienza
start time	1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	Lahore Fort