- In central Hunza, the thousand-year-old Altit fort and 700-year-old Baltit fort are some of the region’s oldest standing monuments and evidence of the valley’s...
- With no proper authority entrusted to care for Baltit Fort, it was exposed to the ravages of time and over the years its structure weakened and began to deteriorate.
- Hunza State victoriously test fired its cannon in 1863, and is on display at Baltit Fort, signifying its importance in local history.
- Getting to Baltit Fort is easy as it is situated above the town of Karimabad and only takes a few minutes to walk up to.
- Baltit FortBaltit Fort is a fort in the Hunza valley, near the town of Karimabad, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan.
- The princess then came to live in Hunza, bringing her own artisans to improve Baltit Fort.
- Baltit Fort, located in the Hunza Valley of Pakistan, is an ancient fort that has been a witness to centuries of history.
- It was inhabited till 1950’s by Mir’s of Hunza as their palace to run affairs of the state. This fort has three stories, top one offering a wide valley view of Hunza.
- Hunza : Baltit Fort. In the history of the subcontinent, it often happens that kings and princes build magnificent castles and palaces for their girlfriends.
- With the conquest of Hunza and Nager states the fortified wall and watch towers of the old Baltit village and watch towers of the Baltit Fort on its north-western end...