The 1799 'palace of winds' — a five-storey screen of 953 latticed windows built so royal women could watch the street unseen.
The famous frontal photograph is taken from the café rooftops across the road, not from inside. Sunrise light hits the façade directly and the street is empty at 7am.
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Sawai Jai Singh II's open-air observatory of nineteen masonry instruments, including the world's…
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The working royal residence at the centre of the old city, part museum, part private home, with textile…
The jewellers' bazaar of the old city — kundan, meenakari and loose gemstones, in shops that have been…
Rajasthan's oldest museum in an Indo-Saracenic hall of 1887, holding carpets, miniatures, arms and an…