Altit Fort

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Altit Fort is an ancient fort at Altit town in the Hunza valley in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. It was originally home to the hereditary rulers of the Hunza state who carried the title Mir, although they moved to the somewhat younger Baltit fort nearby three centuries later. Altit Fort and in particular the Shikari tower is around 1100 years old, which makes it the oldest monument in the Gilgit–Baltistan. The fort has received the UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2011. ()

Local name: قلعہ التیت Built: XI centuryCoordinates: 36°18'54"N, 74°40'55"E

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Altit Fort – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Baltit Fort, Ganish, Sumayar, Sacred Rock of Hunza.

1 miNW
Forts and castles
Baltit Fort, Karimabad
26 min walk • Baltit Fort is a fort in the Hunza valley, near the town of Karimabad, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. Founded in the 8th century CE, it has been on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative list since 2004.
0.8 miW
Area
Ganish, Karimabad
20 min walk • Ganish is a village in Pakistan. It is the oldest and first settlement on the ancient Silk Road in the Hunza Valley, and is the site of various ancient watchtowers, traditional mosques, religious centers, and a reservoir.
2 miW
Valley
Sumayar
51 min walk • Sumayar, Sumayr or Sumer is a small valley in the Nagar District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The valley is located at the confluence of River. It is bounded by eroded landscape from the north-east and mountain ridges from the south.
~1380 ftSE
Archaeological site
Sacred Rock of Hunza
7 min walk • The Sacred Rock of Hunza is carved rock as well as a cultural heritage site in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The carvings on the rock dates back to the 1st Millennium AD.
4.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ladyfinger Peak
107 min walk • The Bublimotin, Bubli Motin, Bublimating or Ladyfinger Peak, is a distinctive rock spire in the Batura Muztagh, the westernmost subrange of the Karakoram range in Pakistan.
4.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hunza Peak
107 min walk • Hunza Peak lies in the westernmost subrange of the Karakoram range in Pakistan, along with the Ladyfinger Peak. It lies on the southwest ridge of the Ultar Sar massif, the most southeasterly of the major groups of the Batura Muztagh.
2.8 miE
Village
Ahmedabad
72 min walk • Ahmedabad, is a small village in the Hunza valley of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan with a population of approximately 1500.
3.6 miSE
Locality
Nagarkhas
93 min walk • Nagarkhas, also known as Oyum-Nagar is the headquarters of the Nagar District of Gilgit–Baltistan and is one of the largest towns in that district. Situated on the bank of the Nagar River, it was also the capital of the former princely state of Nagar.