Red Fort, Delhi

The Red Fort is a historic Mughal fort located in the Old Delhi area of , India. Serving as the main residence of the Mughal emperors, it was commissioned by Emperor Shah Jahan on the 12th of May 1639; the fort was constructed following his decision to shift the Mughal capital from to Delhi.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 217 metres (712 feet)
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • Description: historic fortress in Delhi, India
  • Address: Delhi, 110003
  • Also known as
    “Fort”
    “Lal Qila”
    “Mughal Fort”
    “Red Fort”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lahori Gate and Moti Masjid.

City gate
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The is the main entrance to the Red Fort in Old Delhi. is situated 200 metres west of Red Fort, Delhi.

Mosque
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The is a 17th-century historical … is situated 270 metres northeast of Red Fort, Delhi.

Monument
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The , or Hall of Audience, is a building… is situated 150 metres east of Red Fort, Delhi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chandni Chowk and Chawri Bazar.

Neighborhood
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is a street market square located in Old Delhi, India.

Neighborhood
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is a specialized wholesale market of brass, copper and paper products.

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is the Mughal-era walled city that comprises the historic core of .

Red Fort, Delhi

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Latitude
28.65572° or 28° 39′ 21″ north
Longitude
77.24074° or 77° 14′ 27″ east
Open location code
7JWVM64R+77
Open­Street­Map ID
way 264863907
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
1258261
Wiki­data ID
Q45957

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Red Fort, Delhi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الحصن الأحمر”
  • Arabic: “حصن دلهي”
  • Arabic: “قلعة سرخ”
  • Arabic: “قلعه سرخ”
  • Arabic: “لال قلعة”
  • Assamese: “লালকিল্লা”
  • Asturian: “Fuerte coloráu de Delhi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qırmızı Qala”
  • Bashkir: “Ҡыҙыл форт”
  • Basque: “Gotorleku Gorria”
  • Belarusian: “Чырвоная крэпасць у Дэлі”
  • Belarusian: “Чырвоны форт”
  • Bengali: “লাল কেল্লা”
  • Bengali: “লালকেল্লা চত্বর”
  • Bengali: “লালকেল্লা”
  • Bhojpuri: “लाल किला”
  • Bhojpuri: “लाल क़िला”
  • Bhojpuri: “लाल कोट”
  • Bhojpuri: “लालकिला”
  • Breton: “Kreñvlec’h ruz Delhi”
  • Bulgarian: “Червен форт”
  • Burmese: “ခံတပ်နီ”
  • Catalan: “fort Vermell”
  • Catalan: “Fort Vermell”
  • Chinese: “德里红堡”
  • Chinese: “红堡”
  • Croatian: “Crvena palača”
  • Croatian: “Crvena utvrda”
  • Czech: “Červená pevnost”
  • Dhivehi: “ރެޑް ފޯރޓް”
  • Dutch: “Rode Fort (Delhi)”
  • Dutch: “Rode Fort van Lal Qila”
  • Dutch: “Rode Fort”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة لال”
  • Esperanto: “Ruĝa fortikaĵo”
  • Esperanto: “Ruĝa Fortikaĵo”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Red fort”
  • Finnish: “Punainen linnoitus”
  • French: “fort Rouge”
  • French: “Fort Rouge”
  • French: “Palais-fort de Shahjahanabad”
  • Georgian: “წითელი ფორტი”
  • German: “Rotes Fort”
  • Greek: “Κόκκινο Οχυρό”
  • Gujarati: “લાલ કિલ્લો”
  • Hausa: “Red Fort”
  • Hebrew: “המצודה האדומה בדלהי”
  • Hebrew: “המצודה האדומה”
  • Hindi: “लाल किला”
  • Hindi: “लाल क़िला”
  • Hungarian: “Vörös Erőd”
  • Indonesian: “Benteng Merah”
  • Italian: “Forte di Delhi”
  • Italian: “Forte rosso”
  • Italian: “Lal Qil’ah”
  • Japanese: “デリー城”
  • Japanese: “ラール・キラー”
  • Japanese: “レッド・フォート”
  • Japanese: “レッドフォート”
  • Japanese: “赤い城”
  • Japanese: “赤い砦”
  • Kannada: “ಕೆಂಪು ಕೋಟೆ”
  • Kannada: “ಲಾಲ್ ಕ್ವಿಲಾ ಮತ್ತು ಚೆಂಕೋಟಾ ಕೆಂಪು ಕೋಟೆ”
  • Kashmiri: “لال قلعہ”
  • Kashmiri: “وۄزُل قِلعہٕ”
  • Komering: “Binting Siyaw”
  • Korean: “델리 성”
  • Korean: “붉은 성”
  • Korean: “붉은 요새”
  • Latvian: “Sarkanais forts”
  • Lithuanian: “Raudonasis fortas”
  • Maithili: “रेड फोर्ट”
  • Maithili: “लाल किला”
  • Malay: “Benteng Merah”
  • Malay: “Kubu Merah”
  • Malayalam: “Red Fort”
  • Malayalam: “ചുവപ്പു കോട്ട”
  • Malayalam: “ചുവപ്പുകോട്ട”
  • Malayalam: “ചെങ്കോട്ട”
  • Maltese: “Forti l-Aħmar”
  • Maltese: “Lal Qila”
  • Marathi: “लाल किल्ला”
  • Mazanderani: “سرخ قلعه”
  • Nepali: “रेड फोर्ट”
  • Nepali: “लाल किल्ला परिसर”
  • Nepali: “लाल किल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det røde fortet”
  • Norwegian: “Det røde fortet”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Fòrt Roge”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Rēad Burg”
  • Oriya: “ଲାଲ କିଲା”
  • Oriya: “ଲାଲ କିଲ୍ଲା”
  • Panjabi: “ਲਾਲ ਕਿਲਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਲਾਲ ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Persian: “قلعه سرخ”
  • Persian: “قلعهٔ سرخ”
  • Persian: “لال قلعه”
  • Persian: “لعل قلعه”
  • Polish: “Czerwony Fort”
  • Polish: “Fort Delhi”
  • Portuguese: “Conjunto do Forte Vermelho”
  • Portuguese: “Forte Vermelho”
  • Portuguese: “Red Fort”
  • Russian: “Красный форт”
  • Russian: “Лал-Кила”
  • Sanskrit: “अजन्तागुहाः”
  • Sanskrit: “रक्तदुर्गम्”
  • Sanskrit: “रेड् फोर्ट्”
  • Serbian: “Crveno utvrđenje”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Crvena palača”
  • Slovak: “Červená pevnosť”
  • Slovak: “Lál kilá”
  • Slovenian: “Rdeča trdnjava”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte rojo de Delhi”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte Rojo de Delhi”
  • Spanish: “Lal Qila”
  • Swedish: “Röda fortet i Delhi”
  • Tagalog: “Kutang Pula”
  • Tagalog: “Pulang Kuta”
  • Tagalog: “Red Fort”
  • Tamil: “செங்கோட்டை”
  • Telugu: “ఎర్ర కోట”
  • Telugu: “ఎర్రకోట”
  • Telugu: “ఎఱ్ఱకోట”
  • Telugu: “యెర్ర కొత”
  • Telugu: “లాల్ ఖిలా”
  • Thai: “ป้อมแดง”
  • Turkish: “Kızıl Kale”
  • Ukrainian: “Червоний форт”
  • Urdu: “لال قلعہ”
  • Uzbek: “Qizil qal’a”
  • Uzbek: “Qizil qalʼa”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Đỏ”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Pula nga kuta”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Red Fort”
  • Welsh: “Amddiffynfa Goch”
  • Western Panjabi: “لال قلعہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “德里红堡”
  • Yue Chinese: “紅堡”

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