Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (ii), (iii).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Pakistan
Inscribed
1981
List reference
171
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore is about 5 km north-west of Lahore. The nearest other World Heritage site is Rohtas Fort, about 170 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Lahore · about 6,577,000 peopleabout 5 km south-east
- Sheikhu Pura · about 361,000 peopleabout 35 km north-west
- Kasur · about 291,000 peopleabout 55 km south
- Amritsar · about 1,212,000 peopleabout 55 km east
- Gujranwala · about 1,513,000 peopleabout 65 km north
- Sialkote · about 477,000 peopleabout 110 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
PakistanCultural168 km away
PakistanCultural278 km away
IndiaNatural345 km away
PakistanCultural375 km away
IndiaCultural437 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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