Wazir Khan Mosque Conservation - <div>The Walled City of Lahore is famous for several historic monuments including the Lahore Fort - a World Heritage Site, the Badshahi and Wazir Khan Mosques. Close to 2,000 buildings within the Walled City display a range of architectural features that mark Lahore’s centuries old cultural landscape. A majority of these buildings and the mohallas in which they are situated form a unique heritage footprint. In 2009-2010, a comprehensive documentation and condition assessment of the Wazir Khan Mosque was carried out by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture detailing the range of problems and issues faced by the mosque leading to developing a plan for its conservation. This project brief highlights the work carried out to date.&nbsp;</div><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Source. Aga Khan Trust for Culture<br></p>
Conservation of the 17th Century Wazir Khan Mosque
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brochure
Year
2018
The Walled City of Lahore is famous for several historic monuments including the Lahore Fort - a World Heritage Site, the Badshahi and Wazir Khan Mosques. Close to 2,000 buildings within the Walled City display a range of architectural features that mark Lahore’s centuries old cultural landscape. A majority of these buildings and the mohallas in which they are situated form a unique heritage footprint. In 2009-2010, a comprehensive documentation and condition assessment of the Wazir Khan Mosque was carried out by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture detailing the range of problems and issues faced by the mosque leading to developing a plan for its conservation. This project brief highlights the work carried out to date. 


Source. Aga Khan Trust for Culture

Citation
"Conservation of the 17th Century Wazir Khan Mosque." Lahore: Aga Khan Cultural Service, 2018.
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Aga Khan Trust for Culture
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Pakistan
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English
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A4
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religious
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