- The Mall, Lahore
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This article is about the Mall Road in Lahore. For the shopping mall, see Mall of Lahore.
The Mall in Lahore, Pakistan (also known as Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam), is one of the city's main roads, and, along with the Grand Trunk Road, one of its most famous as well. The Mall holds significant historical and cultural value, as most of the buildings lining the road are a collection of Mughal and colonial-era architecture, the majority of them built during the British Raj era.[1]
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Features
Buildings or monuments of historical and/or recreational significance on The Mall include:
- Aitchison College
- Aiwan-e-Iqbal
- Alhamra Arts Council
- Bagh-e-Jinnah also known as Lawrence Gardens
- Government College Lahore
- Governor's House
- Lahore Museum
- Lahore Stock Exchange
- Lahore Zoo
- Masonic Temple
- National College of Arts
- Punjab Assembly Building
- Sacred Heart Cathedral
- St. Anthony's College
- Punjab University (Old Campus)
- Wapda House
- Kim's Gun or Zamzama Gun
Gallery
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Zamzama In front of Lahore Museum
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Masonic Temple
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The Lahore Museum
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Government College University
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Sacred Heart Cathedral
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St. Anthony's College
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aitchison college
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Ferozesons Books
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Tollinton Market
See also
References
- ^ Jan Morris and Simon Winchester (2005). Stones of Empire: The Buildings of the Raj. Oxford University Press. pp. 203–205. ISBN 978-0192805966. http://books.google.com/books?id=8zD1Ugfq9KwC&pg=PA203.
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