City Palace Museum, Jaipur

City Palace Museum, Jaipur (must see)

City Palace, Jaipur, which includes the Chandra Mahal and Mubarak Mahal palaces and other buildings, is a palace complex in the capital of the Rajasthan state. It was the seat of the Maharaja of Jaipur, the head of the Kachwaha Rajput clan. The Chandra Mahal palace now houses a museum but the greatest part of it is still a royal residence. The palace complex, which is located northeast of the centre of the grid patterned Jaipur city, incorporates an impressive and vast array of courtyards, gardens and buildings.

The palace was built between 1729 and 1732, initially by Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber. He planned and built the outer walls, and later additions were made by successive rulers right up to the 20th century. The credit for the urban layout of the city and its structures is attributed to two architects namely, Vidyadar Bhattacharya, the chief architect in the royal court and Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob, apart from the Sawai himself who was a keen architectural enthusiast. The architects achieved a fusion of the Shilpa Shastra of Indian architecture with Rajput, Mughal and European styles of architecture.
Sight description based on Wikipedia.

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Sight Name: City Palace Museum
Sight Location: Jaipur, India (See walking tours in Jaipur)
Sight Type: Museum/Gallery

Walking Tours in Jaipur, India

Create Your Own Walk in Jaipur

Create Your Own Walk in Jaipur

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Jaipur Landmarks Walking Tour

Jaipur Landmarks Walking Tour

Jaipur is also known as the Pink City because of the many pink sandstone buildings around. These beautiful buildings help make Jaipur one of India’s most impressive places. There are plenty of other great landmarks around the city that you can see using our Landmarks Walking Tour.

Tour Duration: 4 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 10.0 Km or 6.2 Miles