Tag: world heritage travel
I gaze at the expanse of the Mediterranean in front of me wondering if someone on the other side is staring back. The grey-green mountains of the rest of Lebanon line the horizon on my left, and in front of me, fishermen stand like statues on the rocks, waiting for a catch. The silence is broken only by the whispering wind, the waves lapping against the castle walls, the cry of gulls, and occasional bursts of Arabic music from the boat circling around the harbour.
Architecture always has the power to create a state of absoluteness, entirety, timelessness and magnificence and so does this mosque lying inside the walled city of Lahore accessed through the Delhi Gate and the famous Royal Trail that connects the Delhi Gate to the Lahore Fort as used by the Kings in their time.
As we entered, most of them who were seeing the place for the first time were slightly disappointed to see a small palace which was similar in size of a one storey building, but as we moved closer, a magnificent two storey structure revealed itself to us. Even though the palace was small, compared to the many other architectural ventures of Tipu like the Dariya Daulat Palace and Gumbaz Mausoleum at Srirangapattanam, it still had the capability to withhold our awe and attention.
