The Qutb Shahi Heritage Park is a unique site with no other necropolis, anywhere in the world, matching the grandeur, diversity and completeness – the latter as mausoleums representing the entire reign of the Qutb Shahi’s stand here. Apart from the tombs the site boasts of several mosques, large baolis or step-wells, garden structures and one standing hamam or bath-house. The Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Sir Dorabji Tata Trust & Allied Trusts have undertaken a major urban conservation project coupled with landscape restoration with multidisciplinary inputs ranging from archaeology, engineering, architecture, art history, hydraulic engineering, landscape architecture, conservation architecture, heritage management, urban planners, educationists, designers, amongst other disciplines, can lead to the creation of a Heritage Park of international significance. This project brief describes the project to restore these monuments and create a cultural park.
Source: Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Qutb Shahi Heritage Park Project Brief. Delhi: Aga Khan Trust for Culture, 2014.
Aga Khan Trust for Culture
