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Mysore Palace, also known as Amba Vilas Palace, is a historical palace and a royal residence. It is located in Mysore, Karnataka, India. It used to be the official residence of the Wadiyar dynasty and the seat of the Kingdom of Mysore. The palace is in the centre of Mysore, and faces the Chamundi Hills eastward.
The palace is a three-story Indo-Saracenic building with square towers at the cardinal points that are covered in domes. It was constructed between 1897 and 1912 The Kalyanamantapa (marriage pavilion) with its glazed tiled flooring and stained glass, domed ceiling is noteworthy, as are the Durbar Hall with its ornate ceiling and sculpted pillars.
The city of Mysore features a number of historical structures built before the Indian Independence as well as modern classical-architecture buildings raised since then. The history of Mysore city, in particular, and of the Deccan Plateau in general, spans across both the pre- and post-Independence eras.
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Mysore Palace: c. 1897 Mysore: Also known as the Amba Vilas Palace, the original complex was destroyed by fire and a new palace built in Indo-Saracenic style was commissioned by the Queen-Regent (Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV) and designed by the English architect Henry Irwin in 1897. [54] Cheluvamba Mansion c. 1900 Mysore
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Its architecture ranges dramatically from majestic monolith, such as the Gomateshwara, to Hindu and Jain places of worship, ruins of ancient cities, mausoleums and palaces of different architectural hue. Mysore Kingdom rule has also given an architectural master structure in the St. Philomena's Church at Mysore (extolled by the King as a ...