Fort Road, Lahore is a road in the Old Walled City

Walled City of Lahore

The Walled City of Lahore, also known as the "Old City," or "Anderoon Shehr ," is the section of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, that was fortified by a city wall during the Mughal era.-Origins:The origins of the original Lahore are unspecific...

 of Lahore

Lahore

Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...

, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. It is one of Lahore's most famous and historically significant roads.

It is so named because it flanks the Lahore Fort

Lahore Fort

The Lahore Fort, locally referred to as Shahi Qila is citadel of the city of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the northwestern corner of the Walled City of Lahore...

 on its southern and eastern sides.

Fort Road is a popular tourist destination in Lahore with some of Lahore's most important historial buildings, restaurants and antique shops situated on it. Famous landmarks on Fort Road include the world's fifth largest mosque, the Badshahi Mosque

Badshahi Mosque

The Badshahi Mosque or the 'King's Mosque' in Lahore, commissioned by the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671 and completed in 1673, is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world...

 (for 313 years, the largest), the Lahore Fort, Coco's Den and Andaaz Restaurant. Fort Road is also the location of the "Fort Road Food Street".

The De Montmorency College of Dentistry

De Montmorency College of Dentistry

De Montmorency College of Dentistry is located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is situated next to the Badshahi mosque. It is the oldest dental college and hospital in Pakistan. It caters primarily to the city of Lahore and its surrounding areas. When it was founded, sixteen students were initially...

 and Lady Willingdon Hospital

Lady Willingdon Hospital

Lady Willingdon Hospital is located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is a teaching hospital of King Edward Medical College.-References:...

 (affiliated with King Edward Medical University) are also situated on Fort Road.