Great Mosque of Djenne, Eastern facade, Djenne, Mali.
AKDN / Christian Richters
Great Mosque of Djenne, Eastern facade, Djenne, Mali.
AKDN / Christian Richters
In 2013 intensive work focused on the two key monuments of the Shahi Hammam and the Wazir Khan Mosque. The former was completed in 2015 to high acclaim and opened under the management of the Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA). It received an Award of Merit in UNESCO's Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage in 2016.
AKDN / Adrien Buchet
In 2013 intensive work focused on the two key monuments of the Shahi Hammam and the Wazir Khan Mosque. The …
AKDN / Adrien Buchet
Following a decade-long revitalisation effort undertaken by the Trust, which included the conservation of monuments, restoration of parks and gardens and related socio-economic projects, the Humayun's Tomb Complex in Delhi now receives almost two million visitors annually.
AKTC / Ram Rahman
Following a decade-long revitalisation effort undertaken by the Trust, which included the conservation of …
AKTC / Ram Rahman
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The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme has been involved in urban regeneration projects in different settings in the Islamic world, including Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, Egypt, India, Mali, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan and Tanzania.
AKDN / Christian Richters
AFGHANISTAN
In Afghanistan, a range of conservation efforts, living condition improvements, community development programmes and planning initiatives have been implemented in several neighbourhoods of the war-damaged old city of Kabul. In Herat, revitalisation efforts have encompassed five important historic houses and 17 public buildings.
Mostar is perhaps most famous for its soaring and elegant 20-metre high bridge traversing the Neretva river. The bridge was commissioned by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in 1557 when this region was under Ottoman control. The bridge stood for 427 years until it was destroyed in 1993 during the Bosnian War. In 2004, it was reopened after restoration works which included the rehabilitation of the old town undertaken by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
AKDN / Christopher Wilton-Steer
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
In tandem with the opening of Mostar’s reconstructed Old Bridge, city officials and representatives of AKTC and the World Monuments Fund (WMF) inaugurated a wide range of projects that included urban planning, the restoration of monuments, the improvement of historic houses and streetscape enhancements.
Courtesy of Nelson Byrd Woltz, 2018
CANADA
In appreciation of Canada's exemplary support for development programmes in these countries, the AKDN has presented several parks and gardens as gifts to Canadian cities — in Toronto and Alberta, Edmonton — in the hope that they will enhance the quality of life for residents and visitors alike.
AKDN / Christian Richters
EGYPT
In 1984, His Highness the Aga Khan announced his decision to finance the creation of a park for the citizens of the Egyptian capital. The only central location which was of suitable scale was the derelict Darassa site, a 30-hectare (74-acre) mound of rubble adjacent to the Historic City.
AKDN / Christian Richters
INDIA
The urban renewal project in Delhi integrates conservation, socioeconomic development and urban and environmental development objectives in consultation with local communities and relevant stakeholders.
The upgraded Northern Seafront Seawall and 570-metre public promenade along the historic Esplanade, at the George Town World Heritage Site, Malaysia.
Francesco Siravo
MALAYSIA
AKTC and the urban development agency Think City are working on the urban revitalisation and conservation of the UNESCO heritage site in George Town, Penang. The historic seawall and public promenade were completed in May 2022.
AKDN / Christian Richters
MALI
Beginning in 2004, under a public-private partnership, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) began working to revitalise the centres of three cities in Mali. AKTC started with the restoration of the Great Mosques of Djenné and Mopti and the Djingereyber Mosque in Timbuktu, as well as the public spaces around them.
AKDN / Adrien Buchet
PAKISTAN
The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme (AKHCP) in Pakistan has restored a number of major forts, traditional settlements, mosques and public spaces in the high valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan province. More recently, it has begun work on the restoration of the Walled City of Lahore, Punjab.
AKDN / Christian Richters
SYRIA
In 1999, the Syrian Directorate of Antiquities and Museums asked the Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme (AKHCP) to provide technical assistance for the conservation and reuse of a number of historic citadel sites in the country.
AKDN / Christian Richters
TAJIKISTAN
Through its Historic Cities Programme, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) has rehabilitated the city park of Khorog, the administrative and economic capital of the mountainous Gorno-Badakhshan region in Tajikistan.
AKDN / Christian Richters
TANZANIA
The Trust has been active in Zanzibar since 1989, successfully completing the restoration of the Old Dispensary and the old Customs House, as well as the rehabilitation of Kelele Square.