Pakistan · 19th century
The Noor Mahal (Punjabi/Urdu: نور محل, lit. 'Palace of Light') is a historic royal palace located in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It was constructed in the 1870s by the princely state of Bahawalpur, and served as the residence and workplace of the Nawab. It is currently owned by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) under the management of the Army Secretariat.
It was built in 1872 as an Italian chateau on neoclassical lines, at a time when modernism had set in. It belonged to the Nawabs of Bahawalpur princely state, during the British Raj.
Text adapted from “Noor Mahal” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Noor Mahal ranks #1,440 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #5 of the 31 mapped in Pakistan. Founded 1875, it is older than 5% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 717 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,003 times in the last 60 days, more than 78% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Pakistan compares in the castle statistics.
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