Heritage conservation: Award for Shahi Hammam celebrated

AKCS Pakistan CEO Salman Beg said the project was undertaken with a high degree of technical proficiency


Our Correspondent November 24, 2016

LAHORE: The ‘Award of Merit’ given to Shahi Hammam under 2016’s UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation on September 1 was celebrated at a ceremony at the site in Lahore on Thursday. The work on Shahi Hammam was completed in June 2015. The main objectives of the conservation effort were to re-establish the monument as a bathhouse through the exposure, conservation and display of the remains of the original waterworks and drainage system through archaeological excavation, structural consolidation and restoration of the historic floor levels. Aga Khan Cultural Service Pakistan CEO Salman Beg said the project was undertaken with a high degree of technical proficiency.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 25th, 2016.

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