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The Nawabs were an integral part of the city's architecture as they were the few with the means to construct the monuments that still hold today. [1] These were the Iranian group of Mughal nobility and therefore held a close connection to Persian ideologies which influenced a lot of their stylistic features, for example, the animal motifs like the fish emblem. [2]
The Residency, Lucknow, in the foreground is the Treasury building, far left behind it the Martinière post. The Banquet Hall in the middle at the back. The Residency, also called as the British Residency and Residency Complex, is a group of several buildings in a common precinct in the city of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Lucknow's buildings show different styles of architecture with the many iconic buildings built during the British and Mughal era. More than half of these buildings lie in the old part of the city. The Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department organises a "Heritage Walk" for tourists covering the popular monuments. [ 163 ]
It was renamed in 1980 as Government College of Architecture. In 2000 it was renamed as Faculty of Architecture and later renamed as Faculty of Architecture and Planning. It imparts a 5-year Bachelor of Architecture degree course and is affiliated to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (formerly Uttar Pradesh Technical University), Lucknow.
It is an example of Awadhi architecture. [1] The Rumi Darwaza stands sixty feet tall [2] and was modeled after the Sublime Porte (Bab-i-Hümayun/بابِ همایون) in Istanbul. [3] It is adjacent to the Asafi Imambara, Teele Wali Masjid and has become a symbol for the city of Lucknow. It used to mark the entrance to Old Lucknow.
Bara Imambara (Hindi: बड़ा इमामबाड़ा), also known as Asafi Imambara, is an imambara complex in Lucknow, India, built by Asaf-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh, in 1784. Bara means big .
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Lucknow" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Qaisarbagh Complex of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India (photograph taken between 1865 and 1882). Qaisarbagh (Hindi: क़ैसरबाग़, Urdu: قيصر باغ, pronounced [qɛːsərˈbaːɣ], Emperor's Garden), also spelled Qaiserbagh, Kaisarbagh or Kaiserbagh, is a palace complex in the city of Lucknow, located in the Awadh region of India.