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Lahore 31°34′51″N 74°21′51″E / 31.580853°N 74.364045°E / 31.580853; 74.364045 ( SL. No Saru wala Maqbra (Cypress Tomb/Tomb of Sharf ul Nisa) More images
Fakir Khana (Urdu: فقیر خانہ) is a private museum and house located in Lahore, Pakistan, owned by the Fakir family. Fakhir Khana contains over 20,000 objects, and is the largest privately owned museum in South Asia. [1] [2]
' Lahore Wonder House ') is a museum located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded in 1865 at a smaller location and opened in 1894 [1] at its current location on The Mall in Lahore during the British colonial period, Lahore Museum is Pakistan's largest museum, as well as one of its most visited ones. [2] [3] [4]
Some of the other significant buildings of Lahore built during the Mughal rule are Jahangir's Quadrangle, Maktab Khana, Khilwat Khana, Picture Wall, Kala Burj and Hathi Paer. Lahore architecture consists of a few mosques as well. An atypical style of all the major buildings was that they were surrounded by beautiful gardens.
The Museum of Illusions (Croatian: Muzej iluzija) is a franchise of museums that host a variety of exhibits of optical and other types of illusions. [1] The first museum in the franchise was opened in 2015 in Zagreb, Croatia.
The British also used older structures to house municipal offices, such as the Civil Secretariat, Public Works Department, and Accountant General's Office. [104] Constructed in the aftermath of the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny, the design of the Lahore Railway Station was highly militarised to defend the structure from further uprisings against British rule.
The elite of the Jalandhar Pathans, originally from Waziristan, migrated to Lahore to settle in Zaman Park. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The family's senior member, Khan Bahadur Zaman Khan, was a maternal uncle to the mothers of Javed Burki , Majid Khan , and Imran Khan .
In 1981, as part of the larger Lahore Fort Complex, Naulakha was a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The pavilion is now one of Lahore's most recognizable sights, and has influenced architectural design of notable buildings, including the Pakistani embassy in Washington, D.C.