Afghanistan
Subtitle: preserving historic heritage
By: edited by Philip Jodidio
Contributors: Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Historic Cities Programme
Publisher: Prestel
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9783791356433; 9783791367590
Subjects: Historic sites; Architecture; Description and travel; History
Description: For decades, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) has been working to revitalize the social, cultural, and economic strength of communities in the Muslim world through its Historic Cities Programme. This book documents more than 100 such efforts that have been carried out in Afghanistan since 2002. Each project is illustrated with specially commissioned photographs and detailed descriptions. A powerful testament to the AKTC's commitment to Islamic culture, this book documents the organization's ongoing work to celebrate, restore, and maintain Afghanistan's cultural presence in the modern world.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Kabul; title: Herat; title: Balkh; title: Badakhshan; title: Community development.