Bagh-e Bala Palace
The Bagh-e Bala Palace (
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History
It was built by Emir Abdur Rahman Khan in 1893 as a place for him to spend summers in, and he later died there in 1901.[2] It was then used as a castle under Emir Habibullah Khan, and then as a guesthouse.
In 1919 it housed the
The palace survived the civil war of the 1990s. It was renovated again in the 2000s and 2010s, with its interior preserved to look like the original 19th century design,[5][6][7] but it is currently not in official use.
The area around the palace (Bagh-e Bala) has become a large public park. American historians Nancy and Louis Dupree married here in 1966.[8]
Gallery
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Bagh-e Bala visible in the distance (2006) -
Bagh-e Bala visible in the distance (1890s)
See also
References
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- ^ "Bagh-e-Bala Pavilion, Kabul". Archived from the original on 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ "Bagh-e-Bala Palace regains its colors". Archived from the original on 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ "Zahra Breshna Consulting - Architects + Urban Planners - Kabul - Berlin". www.breshna-consulting.com. Zahra Breshna Consulting. 2009. Archived from the original on 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ "- Baghe Bala". gallery.afghanculturalheritage.org. Archived from the original on 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ "Bagh-e-Bala Restaurant - Wikimapia". wikimapia.org. Archived from the original on 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ "Bagh-e-Bala Palace regains its colors". Archived from the original on 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ The Best American Magazine Writing 2015 by The American Society of Magazine Editors
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