india: palaces & forts ( part two)

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India: Palaces & forts ( part two). 6°Junagarh Fort (Bikaner) Built 1587-93 By Maharaja Rai Singh Style Rajput Dynasty Rathore Rajput. 9°Umaid Bhawan Palace (Jodpur) Built 1935 By Maharaja Umaid Singh Style Art Deco Dynasty Rathore Rajput. 7°Jaisalmer Fort Built 1156 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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  • India: Palaces & forts ( part two)6Junagarh Fort (Bikaner)Built 1587-93By Maharaja Rai SinghStyle RajputDynasty Rathore Rajput7Jaisalmer FortBuilt 1156By Rao JaisalStyle RajputDynasty Bhati Rajput9Umaid Bhawan Palace (Jodpur)Built 1935By Maharaja Umaid SinghStyle Art DecoDynasty Rathore Rajput 8 Mehrangarh Fort (Jodpur)Built 1459By Rao Jodha SinghStyle RajputDinasty Rathore Rajput10City Palace of UdaipurBuilt 1559By Maharana Udai SinghStyle RajputDynasty Sisodia11Lake Palace Hotel (Udaipur)Built 1746By Rana Jagat SinghIIStyle RajputDinasty Sisodia

  • A citadel never conquered, protected by a 3.225 foot long sandstone wall

    Lavishly decorated with red & gold patterns, mirrows and half precious gems

  • Jaisalmer FortAlso known as Sonar Qila

    Constructed with blocks of golden sandstone, sets up on the Trikuta hill

  • Mehrangarh FortKipling said Creation of angels, fairies and giants, decorated with mirrows, gold leaf gilt & colored glasses

  • UMAID BHAWAM PALACE

    Built with pink sandstone, its the last of the great palaces in India and the biggest private residenceA part of the building is now runned as an Hotel

  • Jaisalmer, on the left the Real Palace, on the right the Lake Palace Hotel

  • The Real Palace, famous for the beauty of the 3 glass & mosaics peacocks

  • Lake palace hotel, like a dream built in marble in the midle of Lake Pichola

  • Music: Aaja MahiyaBy [email protected] and forts, legacy of Indias rich & varied history

    Their walls contain stories not only of royals but of builders, masons, craftmen along with foot soldiers, ladies in waiting, eunucs, dancing girls

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