Lahore Fort
Mughal and later court workshops · Lahore, Pakistan
Lahore Fort is an extensive royal enclosure shaped by successive Mughal and later rulers. Defensive walls contain audience halls, courts, gardens and more intimate palace spaces. The changing materials and decorative treatments reveal how each phase altered the relationship between public ceremony, private residence and the surrounding city. Visiting: Entry is ticketed, with higher rates for foreign visitors; the Badshahi Mosque opposite is free.