|
|
| |
 |
|
|
Frere Hall is one of Karachi's most memorable landmarks
|
 |
Frere Hall was built in the memory of Sir Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, an early Commissioner of Sindh province and a far-sighted administrator who did much to improve the economic life of his subjects. The Hall was completed in the 1860s. It uses local Karachi sandstone and remains a curious blend of architectural styles, somewhere between Venetian Gothic and the Indo-Sarcenic style that later flourished in Bombay (now Mumbai). During the British Raj Frere Hall served as Karachi's Town Hall. The gardens around it were popular meeting spots until recent security concerns have made them off-limits to people most of the time.  |
|
|
|
|
 |
tags
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
© imagesofasia 2007-08 |
|
