Fort Aurangabad

E573576

Fort Aurangabad, better known as Lalbagh Fort, is an incomplete 17th-century Mughal riverside fortress complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh, noted for its historic architecture and gardens.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fort Aurangabad canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mughal fortress complex
historical site
alsoKnownAs Lalbagh Fort
Lalbagh Kella
linked to: Lalbagh Fort
architecturalStyle Mughal architecture
builder Prince Muhammad Azam Shah
century 17th century
commissionedBy Prince Muhammad Azam Shah
constructionStatus incomplete
country Bangladesh
currentUse museum
tourist site
hasFeature arched gateways
domes
minarets (on the mosque)
ornamental gardens
pavilions
water tanks
hasPart Diwan-i-Aam (hall of public audience)
linked to: Diwan-i-Aam

Lalbagh Fort Mosque
defensive walls
gardens
gateways
residential quarters
tomb of Bibi Pari
water channels
heritageStatus protected monument of Bangladesh
historicalPeriod Mughal period
locatedIn Dhaka
Old Dhaka
locatedInArea Lalbagh
linked to: Lalbagh Fort
locatedNear Ahsan Manzil (another historic site in Dhaka)
locatedOn bank of the Buriganga River
maintainedBy Department of Archaeology of Bangladesh
material brick
stone
notableFor gardens
historic architecture
incomplete construction
partOf Mughal Empire military architecture
region South Asia
religion Islam (for the mosque within the complex)
startDate 1678
tourismImportance major attraction in Dhaka
usedFor administrative center
military defense
residence of Mughal governor

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lalbagh Fort alsoKnownAs Fort Aurangabad