Pakistan's Historic and Rich Architecture.

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Jain temple, Virawah

 

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Malot Temple

 

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Some picture form Multan---city of shrine and sufi

Shrine of Sufi Bahauddin Zakaria

The Shrine of Rukn-e-Aalam

The Multan Clocktower


The Eid Gah Mosque

 

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Mosque of the Bahauddin Zakariya University

Gate of Multan

Masjid in Multan

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Quaid's residence in Ziarat

 

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Rawat Fort

Situated 18 km from Rawalpindi towards Jhelum close to the GT Road, the fort appears to have been built during the sultanate period in early 15th century AD. This elegant small stone fortress is however also curiously associated with the name of Masud, son of the great conqueror, Sultan Mehmood of Ghazna, where he is said to have been arrested by his rebellious soldiers and eventually murdered in the fort Giri near Taxila, and subsequently with the name of the famous Gakhar chief Sarang Khan who fell with his sixteen sons fighting against Sher Shah Suri and buried within the precinct of this monument.

The fort in its present condition contains two gateways; the main gate opens towards east, while the small on north, a three domed mosque in the middle of the western wing, an octagonal single domed mausoleum on the north-western corner partly obstructing the frontage of the mosque, as well as numerous scattered graves inside. There are regular rows of identical living cells along the four sides of the quadrangular inner face of the defense walls overlooking the inner courtyard.

 

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300 year old graveyard of Chaukhandi near Karachi

 

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Rasool Fort

Tombs: Some of Alexanders army is buried in this graveyard.

Bibi Jawindi's Tomb, Uch Sharif

 

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RaniKot Fort

 

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The Kot Diji Fort, formally known as Fort Ahmadabad, dominates the town of Kot Diji in Khairpur, Pakistan about 25 miles east of the Indus River at the edge of the Nara-Rajisthan Desert. The fort was built between 1785 to 1795 by Mir Sohrab Khan Talpur, founder of the Kingdom of Upper Sindh in 1783. In addition to the fort, a 5 kilometer, 12 feet wide mud wall was built around the city. This defensive wall had bastions throughout its length and a huge iron gate served as the city's only entrance.

 

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The magnificent Badshahi mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. Built in 1673 by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

simply Beautiful !!

 

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25 km from Faisalabad, a 100 yrs grand old haveli in Rajoa Sadaat

 

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400-year-old house in Hunza to get UNESCO award

Unesco award for ancient Hunza house

HUNZA, Oct 1: An ancient house in Hunza has received the Unesco’s Heritage Award for 2009. Ali Gohar House, a 400-year-old architectural masterpiece, formerly used by envoy of Mir of Hunza to Kashgar, Sinkiang, was selected by a panel of international conservation experts in architecture, urban planning, heritage conservation and landscape design from among the 52 entries from 14 Asia-Pacific countries, including Australia, China, India, Korea, Vietnam, New Zealand and Thailand. The historic house has been restored by the Aga Khan Cultural Service.

The award distribution ceremony is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2010 at Ganish, Hunza, and will be attended by the representatives of Unesco, ministries of Culture and Tourism, community and foreign embassies.

Being involved in the rehabilitation of Ganish old settlements since 1998, the Aga Khan Cultural Service, Pakistan on the request of the Ganish Khun Heritage Care and Social Welfare Society (GKHC & SWS), initiated the physical conservation of the house in 2004. ‘Reusability’ being the core component for restoration, Ali Gohar House was intended to be used as a community centre, providing working space to the Ganish society, encouraging women to congregate and work, and to be a centre for arts, crafts and documentation of Ganish culture in consultation with the community. The House has now been leased by the owner to the community, setting a strong example of community based management system.

During the restoration, AKCS-P ensured minimising the appearance and unseen presence of all modern elements. The insertions needed for the adaptive reuse were designed in such a way that it permits, if necessary, their removal or alteration in future without damaging the adjacent original fabric. Minor modern materials such as the addition of basic electric and plumbing services were part of the new material incorporated in the historic building’s fabric. All such insertion were undertaken to retain authenticity and integrity of the original house. During the whole process, three missing historic wooden stairs were replaced by new ones to meet modern safety standards, whereas the rest of the house remains in its original form.

 

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The 400 year old Shigar Fort, the winner of the 2006 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards.
Located in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.

Exterior:

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Interior:

 

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