Punjab Buildings

Badshahi Mosque

The Badshahi Mosque (Punjabi: بادشاہی مسجد, lit. ’The Royal Mosque’) is a Mughal-era congregational mosque in Lahore, capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan. The mosque is located west of Lahore Fort along the outskirts of the Walled City of Lahore, and is widely considered to be one of Lahore’s most iconic landmarks.

Wazir Khan Mosque

The Wazir Khan Mosque (Punjabi and Urdu: مسجد وزیر خان ‎; Persian: مسجد وزیر خان‎; Masjid Wazīr Khān) is a 17th-century mosque located in the city of Lahore, capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab. The mosque was commissioned during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a part of an ensemble of buildings that also included the nearby Shahi Hammam baths. Construction of Wazir Khan Mosque began in 1634 C.E., and was completed in 1641.

Noor Mahal

The Noor Mahal (Urdu: نور محل‎) is a Pakistan Army-owned palace in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It was built in 1872 like an Italian chateau on neoclassical lines, at a time when modernism had set in. It belonged to the Nawabs of Bahawalpur princely state, during British Raj.

Taxila Museum

Taxila Museum (Urdu: ٹیکسلا میوزیم‎) is located at Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan. The museum is home to a significant and comprehensive collection of Gandharan art dating from the 1st to the 7th centuries CE. Most objects in the collection were excavated from the ruins of ancient Taxila.

Pakistan Army Museum

Pakistan Army Museum (Urdu: پاک فوج متحف‎) is an army museum located in Rawalpindi. It was opened on October 24, 1961 to preserve Pakistan Army’s past through relics and pictures and is one of the largest museums of Pakistan.

Lahore Fort

The Lahore Fort (Punjabi and Urdu: شاہی قلعہ‎, romanized: Shāhī Qilā, lit. ’Royal Fort’) is a citadel in the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. The fortress is located at the northern end of walled city Lahore, and spreads over an area greater than 20 hectares. It contains 21 notable monuments, some of which date to the era of Emperor Akbar. The Lahore Fort is notable for having been almost entirely rebuilt in the 17th century, when the Mughal Empire was at the height of its splendour and opulence.

Though the site of the Lahore Fort has been inhabited for millennia, the first record of a fortified structure at the site was regarding an 11th-century mud-brick fort. The foundations of the modern Lahore Fort date to 1566 during the reign of Emperor Akbar, who bestowed the fort with a syncretic architectural style that featured both Islamic and Hindu motifs. Additions from the Shah Jahan period are characterized by luxurious marble with inlaid Persian floral designs, while the fort’s grand and iconic Alamgiri Gate was constructed by the last of the great Mughal Emperors, Aurangzeb, and faces the renowned Badshahi Mosque.

Minar-e-Pakistan

Minar-e-Pakistan is a national monument located in Lahore, Pakistan. The tower was built between 1960 and 1968 on the site where the All-India Muslim League passed the Lahore Resolution (which was latter called Pakistan Resolution) on 23 March 1940 – the first official call for a separate and independent homeland for the Muslims of British India, as espoused by the two-nation theory. The resolution eventually helped lead to the emergence of an independent Pakistani state in 1947.The tower is located in the middle of a garden, called Iqbal Park.

Tomb of Allama

The Tomb of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, or Mazaar-e-Iqbal (Urdu: مزار اقبال‎) is a mausoleum located within the Hazuri Bagh, in the Pakistani city of Lahore, capital of Punjab province.