Heritage
Beaches, hills, tea gardens and centuries of history. Find your next trip, then book the bus to get there.
- HeritageJoypurhat, RajshahiLakma RajbariThe weathered ruins of an old zamindar palace in the fields of Panchbibi, close to the Indian border — a favourite picnic spot for the district.
HeritageDhakaLalbagh FortAn unfinished 17th-century Mughal fort with gardens and the tomb of Pari Bibi.- HeritageKushtia, KhulnaLalon Shah’s Shrine, CheuriaThe akhra and resting place of the mystic singer Lalon Shah, where Bauls gather to sing — above all at the spring and October festivals.
HeritageBogura, RajshahiMahasthangarhThe ruins of Pundranagara, one of the oldest cities in Bangladesh.
HeritageTangail, DhakaMahera Zamindar BariA well-kept group of colourful zamindar palaces with ponds and gardens, now inside a police training centre and open to visitors.- HeritageCumilla, ChattogramMainamati War CemeteryA peaceful Commonwealth war cemetery for soldiers of the Second World War who died in the Burma campaign.
- HeritageFaridpur, DhakaMathurapur DeulA tall, many-sided brick tower temple with terracotta decoration, rising alone over the fields of Madhukhali and protected as an archaeological monument.
- HeritageGopalganj, DhakaMausoleum of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur RahmanThe mausoleum complex at Tungipara where Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s founding president, is buried beside his parents, near the house where he was born.
- HeritageKushtia, KhulnaMir Mosharraf Hossain’s BirthplaceThe village of Lahinipara, where the author of *Bishad Sindhu* was born in 1847, with a memorial to him at his family home.
- HeritageRajbari, DhakaMir Mosharraf Hossain’s Grave, PadamdiThe village of Padamdi, where the author of Bishad Sindhu spent his last years and lies buried, with a memorial to his life and work.
- HeritagePatuakhali, BarishalMisripara Buddhist TempleA Rakhine Buddhist temple in the village of Misripara near Kuakata, known for its very large statue of the seated Buddha.
- HeritageMeherpur, KhulnaMujibnagar Memorial ComplexThe mango grove where the Provisional Government of Bangladesh was sworn in on 17 April 1971, now a memorial complex with a monument, sculptures and a map of the war.
- HeritageMymensinghMuktagachha Zamindar BariThe old seat of the Acharya Chowdhury zamindars, with its palace ruins and temples — and the town where monda was born.
HeritageDhakaNational Parliament HouseLouis Kahn's landmark building, best seen from the lake and lawns around it.- HeritageNatore, RajshahiNatore RajbariThe palace of the Natore rajas, set among ponds and old gardens.
- HeritageDinajpur, RangpurNayabad MosqueA small three-domed eighteenth-century mosque with terracotta decoration, a short way from the Kantajew Temple.
- HeritageGopalganj, DhakaOrakandi ThakurbariThe home of Harichand Thakur, founder of the Matua faith, and the movement’s great place of pilgrimage, which fills with devotees for the Baruni Snan each spring.
- HeritageBarishalOxford Mission ChurchA tall red-brick church from the early 20th century, built by the Anglican Oxford Mission in the middle of Barishal city, with quiet, tree-shaded grounds.
- HeritageNaogaon, RajshahiPaharpur Buddhist ViharaThe ruins of Somapura Mahavihara, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- HeritageRangpurPairaband, Begum Rokeya’s birthplaceThe village where Begum Rokeya, pioneer of women’s education in Bengal, was born in 1880, with the ruins of her family home and a memorial centre in her name.
- HeritageFaridpur, DhakaPalli Kabi Jasimuddin’s HouseThe family home of the poet Jasimuddin on the Kumar river, with his grave under the pomegranate tree he wrote about and a small museum.
HeritageNarayanganj, DhakaPanam CityA street of ruined 19th-century merchant houses in the old capital, an easy day trip.- HeritageNaogaon, RajshahiPatisar Rabindra KachharibariThe estate house on the Nagar river where Rabindranath Tagore stayed while running his family’s Kaligram estate, now a memorial museum.
- HeritageRajshahiPuthia Temple ComplexTerracotta temples and a palace of the old Puthia zamindars, around quiet ponds.
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