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CulturalRef. 171

Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore

Cultural World Heritage property in Pakistan, inscribed in 1981 under criteria (i), (ii), (iii).

Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore, Pakistan
Photo: Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Pakistan
Year of inscription
1981
Criteria
iiiiii
Location
Lahore
What it is
architectural ensemble
Component parts
2 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 171 · Wikidata Q155727

Why it is on the List

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.
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