Heritage record
Chitta Gate (Chowk Nazir Khan)
PunjabGateProtected
Chitta Gate is situated closely to Wazir Khan Mosque, on the eastern side. It appears that it was the entrance of outer premises of Wazir Khan Mosque. Since, it is part of the mosque premises its date of construction is the same as that of the mosque. The gate is about 4.8 m wide and 9.1 m high in shape of an arch. The entrance on the sides is used by the hawkers.
- Record ID
- 6465
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Lahore
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Gate
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992) (instrument: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992))
- Coordinates
- 31.58321, 74.32466 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Ahmad Nabi. (1987). Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments Protected Under the Antiquities Act, 1975. Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.
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