General Information
| Other name(s): | Gate of Lights |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
City gate |
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| Material: |
Masonry structure |
| Architectural style: |
Mughal |
Location
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The "Roshnai Gate" (Urdu: روشنائی دروازہ) or "Gate of Lights" is one of the thirteen gates within the Walled City of Lahore in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was the main entry into Lahore for emperors and nobles during the Mughal, and later Sikh period.
Ist extended height and width is testament to ist use by emperors' caravans of elephants. Since the Ravi river once flowed alongside the northern wall of the Lahore Fort and the Badshahi Mosque, the gate was profusely illuminated during night to aid travelers. It is for this reason that the gate has been named as “Roshnai Darwaza” or the “gate of light”. It is considered to be the oldest of Lahore's gates, and is only gate that has been preserved in ist original shape.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Roshnai Gate" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20039968 - Published on:
02/10/2008 - Last updated on:
24/02/2017
