World Heritage Property

Status: UNESCO World Heritage property (inscribed 1981) · Punjab · criteria (i)(ii)(iii) · UNESCO ref 171

Overview (Verified — UNESCO)

Two masterpieces of the Mughal era: the Lahore Fort with its palaces and halls, and the Shalamar Gardens, a terraced Mughal garden with pavilions, pools and cascades.

Location

Punjab, Pakistan. Property boundary and buffer zone as recorded by the World Heritage Centre — see the UNESCO record.

Criteria for inscription (Verified — UNESCO)

Inscribed under criteria (i)(ii)(iii).

Conservation and the UNESCO record (Verified — UNESCO decisions)

• 31 COM 7A.24 (2007) — state of conservation (property was on the List of World Heritage in Danger 2000–2012)

Reported threats (PWHI analysis — verification required per site)

Urban pressure; historic loss of the gardens' hydraulic works; conservation of decorative surfaces.

PWHI position (PWHI analysis)

PWHI calls for project-level Heritage Impact Assessment for any development affecting the property or its buffer zone, submitted to the World Heritage Centre before irreversible decisions, and for the timely delivery of the management and disaster-risk instruments requested by the Committee.

Sources

• UNESCO World Heritage Centre — property record: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/171
• UNESCO Committee decisions (via PWHI Heritage Intelligence decision corpus)
• PWHI editorial analysis is labelled as such and is not an official or UNESCO determination.