Fort Road, Lahore is a road in the Old Walled City of

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

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. It is one of Lahore's most famous and historically significant roads. It is so named because it flanks the

Lahore Fort The Lahore Fort (; ; ) is a citadel in the walled interior of Lahore in Punjab, Pakistan. The fortress is located at the northern end of the Walled City and spreads over an area greater than . It contains 21 notable monuments, some of which ...

on its southern and eastern sides. Fort Road is a popular tourist destination in Lahore with some of Lahore's most important historical buildings, restaurants and antique shops situated on it. Famous landmarks on Fort Road include the world's fifth largest mosque, the

Badshahi Mosque The Badshahi Mosque (; ) is a Mughal Empire, Mughal-era congregational mosque, imperial mosque located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was constructed between 1671 and 1673 during the rule of Aurangzeb, opposite of the Lahore Fort on the north ...

(for 313 years, the largest), the Lahore Fort, Coco's Den, Andaaz Restaurant and Pirzada Mansion (built 1930) Fort Road Food Street is also located on this road. The De Montmorency College of Dentistry and Lady Willingdon Hospital (affiliated with

King Edward Medical University King Edward Medical University (Punjabi language, Punjabi, Urdu: ; commonly abbreviated as KEMU) is a Public university, public Medical school, medical university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established as ''Lah ...

) are also situated on Fort Road.

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