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Pakistani architecture is intertwined with the architecture of the broader Indian subcontinent. The major architectural styles popular in the past were Temple, Indo-Islamic, Mughal and Indo-Saracenic architecture, all of which have many regional varieties. With the beginning of the Indus civilization around the middle of the 3rd millennium BC ...
226 ft 4.5 in (68.999 m) Materials. Red sandstone, marble. The Badshahi Mosque ( Punjabi: بادشاہی مسیت, romanized: Bādshā'ī Masīt; Urdu: بادشاہی مسجد, romanized : Bādshāhī Masjid) is a Mughal-era imperial mosque located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. [ 1][ 2] It was constructed between 1671 and 1673 during the rule of ...
Minar-e-Pakistan ( Punjabi: مَنارِ پاکستان, romanized:Manār-e-Pākastān; Urdu: مینارِ پاکستان, romanized :Mīnār-e-Pākistān; lit.'Tower of Pakistan') is a tower located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. [1] The tower was built between 1960 and 1968 on the site where the All-India Muslim League passed the Lahore ...
The Pakistan Monument ( Urdu: یادگارِ پاکستان) is a national monument and heritage museum located on the western Shakarparian Hills in Islamabad, Pakistan. The monument was constructed to symbolize the unity of the Pakistani people. It is dedicated to the people of Pakistan who sacrificed their "today" for a better "tomorrow".
The culture of Pakistan ( Urdu: پاکستانی ثقافت Pākistāni S̱aqāfat) is based in the Indo-Persian cultural matrix that constitutes a foundation plank of South Asian Muslim identity. [1] The region has formed a distinct cultural unit within the main cultural complex of South Asia, Middle East and Central Asia.
Rohtas Fort (Punjabi, Urdu: قلعہ روہتاس, romanized: Qilā Rohtās) is a 16th-century fortress located near the city of Dina in Jhelum district of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Raja Todar Mal , the minister of the Sur king Sher Shah Suri , supervised the construction of the fort which is now one of the largest and most formidable in ...
Habib Fida Ali (Karachi) Abdur Rahman Hye – (also known as A. R. Hye) – pioneer of institutional architecture in Pakistan. Yasmeen Lari (Karachi) – Pakistan's first woman architect [3] [citation needed] Nasreddin Murat-Khan (Lahore) – architect of the Minar-e-Pakistan and other structures.
The Lahore Fort ( Punjabi, Urdu: شاہی قلعہ, romanized: Shāhī Qilā, lit. 'Royal Fort') is a citadel in the city of Lahore in Punjab, Pakistan. [1] The fortress is located at the northern end of the Walled City of Lahore and spreads over an area greater than 20 hectares (49 acres). [2] It contains 21 notable monuments, some of which ...