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The palace with its gardens is a major tourist attraction in Berlin. Berlin Palace: 51 Rashtrapati Bhavan India: Delhi: 215,300 square feet (20,000 m 2) The official presidential palace of the Republic of India. Originally constructed for the British Governor-General of India. [78] Rashtrapati Bhavan: 52 Ras El Tin Palace Egypt: Alexandria
Jodha Bai Palace was commissioned by Akbar in her honour and was the largest residential palace in his harem. It is also known as Raniwas and Zenani Dyodhi . [ 17 ] It shows the Rajasthani art influence and is built around a courtyard, with special care being taken to ensure privacy.
Ujjayanta Palace - former royal palace of Tripura; Athangudi Palace - Chettinad Palace House in Athangudi, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu; Gajlaxmi Palace - Palace of Singhdeo dynasty, Dhenkanal princely state in Dhenkanal, Odisha; Bara Imambara - leisure court of Awadh Nawab, Lucknow; Ramnagar Fort - Palace of Kashinaresh, Bhumihar king of Benaras state .
Jal Mahal at night. Jal Mahal (meaning "Water Palace") is a palace in the middle of the Man Sagar Lake in Jaipur city, the capital of the state of Rajasthan, India. The palace was originally constructed around 1699; the building and the lake around it were later renovated and enlarged in the early 18th century by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Amber.
The palace was designed as a blend of western technology and Indian architectural features. [2] The palace was built at a slow pace as its initial objective was to provide employment to the famine-stricken farmers in the area. The foundation stone was laid in 1929. About 2,000 to 3,000 people were employed in its construction. [3]
The concert is the largest paid concert ever to take place in India with an estimated 38,000 people in attendance with 4000 people watching from outside the venue without tickets. It marked the first visit of Iron Maiden to the Indian subcontinent , and the first major heavy metal concert to take place in the country.
The main entrance is a seven-storied structure. The palace was part of a complex of buildings along the three lakes that includes the Benazir Palace, which was the begum's summer palace, and the Taj-ul-Masjid Mosque. The palace has been built in the Indo-Saracenic style and is kept cool by the winds blowing in from the lakes. [4]
The Jai Vilas Palace, is a nineteenth century palace in Gwalior, India.It was built in 1874 by Jayajirao Scindia, the Maharaja of Gwalior in the British Raj. [1] While the major part of the palace is now the "Jiwajirao Scindia Museum" which opened to the public in 1964, a part of it is still the residence of some of his descendants.