India: Palaces & forts ( part two)

6°Junagarh Fort (Bikaner)Built 1587-93By Maharaja Rai SinghStyle RajputDynasty Rathore Rajput

7°Jaisalmer FortBuilt 1156By Rao JaisalStyle RajputDynasty Bhati Rajput

9°Umaid Bhawan Palace (Jodpur)Built 1935By Maharaja Umaid SinghStyle Art DecoDynasty Rathore Rajput

8° Mehrangarh Fort (Jodpur)Built 1459By Rao Jodha SinghStyle RajputDinasty Rathore Rajput

10°City Palace of UdaipurBuilt 1559By Maharana Udai SinghStyle RajputDynasty Sisodia

11°Lake 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, it´s 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 & mosaic’s peacocks

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

Music: Aaja Mahiya By Mariamocampos@gmail.com

Palaces and forts, legacy of India’s 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…