Heritage record
Watch Tower Sadpara Skardu
Gilgit-BaltistanTowerProtected
In 16th century the great king Ali Sher Khan Anchan built many buildings including entrance gates to the city of Skardu, to watch the enemy. One of the gates was from the Sadpara through Deosai. From here the guards used to watch and pass on information to the king.
- Record ID
- 7958
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Skardu
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Tower
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 35.14250, 75.39270 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Anonymous. (Miscellaneous). Built Heritage of Gilgit Baltistan by Baltistan Culture and Development Foundation. Unpublished.
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