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Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore

Pakistan
Date of Inscription: 1981
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)
Lahore, Punjab
N31 35 25.0 E74 18 35.0
Ref: 171
Inscription Year on the List of World Heritage in Danger: 2000

Brief Description

These are two masterpieces from the time of the brilliant Mughal civilization, which reached its height during the reign of the Emperor Shah Jahan. The fort contains marble palaces and mosques decorated with mosaics and gilt. The elegance of these splendid gardens, built near the city of Lahore on three terraces with lodges, waterfalls and large ornamental ponds, is unequalled.