Qila Rai Pithora
Lal Kot, the earliest of Delhi's cities, whose walls still run through the ground around the Qutb.
- Where
- Old Delhi, Delhi, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 28.5276, 77.2025
Get the Qila Rai Pithora stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Qila Rai Pithora. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Delhi volume with your photos and a note.
Near Qila Rai Pithora
Qutub Minar 1.7 km
Seventy-three metres of carved sandstone begun in 1193, still the tallest brick minaret anywhere.
Khirki Masjid 1.7 km
A fourteenth century mosque with a roof over most of it and latticed windows for the name.
Mehrauli Archaeological Park 1.8 km
A hundred monuments spanning a thousand years in one wooded park, most of them unlabelled and unvisited.
Rajon ki Baoli 2.0 km
A Lodi period stepwell in Mehrauli, named for the masons who later lived in it rather than for a king.
Adham Khan's Tomb 2.1 km
The Bhool Bhulaiyaa on the Mehrauli road.
Barakhamba 2.8 km
A Tughlaq tomb in Delhi whose name simply counts its pillars, twelve of them.
Hauz Khas Complex 3.2 km
A royal reservoir, a madrasa and a tomb around a lake dug in the thirteenth century to water a new city.
Siri Fort 3.4 km
The second city of Delhi, built by Alauddin Khalji against the Mongols, now a wall and an auditorium.
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Questions
Where is Qila Rai Pithora?
Qila Rai Pithora is in Old Delhi, Delhi. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Qutub Minar (1.7 km), Khirki Masjid (1.7 km), Mehrauli Archaeological Park (1.8 km).
How do I get the Qila Rai Pithora stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Qila Rai Pithora and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Delhi volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Qila Rai Pithora before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Delhi volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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