Presidential Palace (Arg/Citadel) (Kabul)

Afghanistan / Kabul / Kabul
 presidential palace, listed building / architectural heritage, fenced area, 1883_construction
the Royal Palace also called the Arg, the Turkish word for citadel. The Arg was built by Amir Andur Rahman (r. 1880-1901) in 1883 for, as he says in his autobiography, "I, as King of the country; had to face the difficulty of having no house to live in ... Until the time I built a new palace for myself, I lived in tents and borrowed mud-houses belonging to my subjects." The Arg was originally surrounded by a wide moat and well-fortified. During the disturbances culminating in Bacha Saqao's take over of Kabul in 1929, the palace buildings were heavily damaged by shell and fire necessitating considerable restoration by King Nadir Shah (r. 1929-1933) and further enlargement by His Majesty King Zahir Shah.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arg_(Kabul)
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Coordinates:   34°31'25"N   69°10'44"E
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