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Reloj de sol, anillo suspendido entre los dos hemisferios enterrados
¿Qué lo hace tan especial? Para empezar, es uno de los observatorios solares más grandes del mundo que aún hoy en dÃa se utiliza. No es propiamente un edificio, sino un gran patio repleto de diversas construcciones que a primera vista parecen extravagantes esculturas, pero que resultan ser instrumentos de gran precisión para el estudio del firmamento. Las más reconocibles son los gigantescos relojes de sol, que conviven con astrolabios de hasta dos metros de diámetro. Pero en Jantar Mantar hay muchos más artilugios maravillosos que datan de hace tres siglos, entre 1727 y 1733.
Este observatorio astronómico es Patrimonio de la Humanidad dede 2010.
A sólo 11 kilómetros de Jaipur, el Amber Fort es un fuerte construido en un espléndido y pintoresco lugar. Al ser una mezcla perfecta de la arquitectura hindú y musulmana, Jaipur y el fuerte Amber atraen a viajeros de todo el mundo.
El Fuerte de Amber está situado sobre unas colinas peñascosas.
Un sendero escarpdo cuesta arriba lleva al Pole Surya, la entrada principal al fuerte.
Nahargarh Fort stands on the edge of the Aravalli Hills, overlooking the city of Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Along with Amer Fort and Jaigarh Fort, Nahargarh once formed a strong defence ring for the city. The fort was originally named Sudershangarh, but it became known as Nahargarh, which means 'abode of tigers'. The popular belief is that Nahar here stands for Nahar Singh Bhomia, whose spirit haunted the place and obstructed construction of the fort. Nahar's spirit was pacified by building a temple in his memory within the fort, which thus became known by his name.
Built mainly in 1734 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, the king of Jaipur, the fort was constructed as a place of retreat on the summit of the ridge above the city. Walls extended over the surrounding hills, forming fortifications that connected this fort to Jaigarh, the fort above the old capital of Amber. Though the fort never came under attack during the course of its history, it did see some historical events, notably, the treaties with the Maratha forces who warred with Jaipur in the 18th century. During the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the Europeans of the region, including the British Resident's wife, were moved to Nahargarh fort by the king of Jaipur, Sawai Ram Singh, for their protection.
The fort was extended in 1868, during the reign of Sawai Ram Singh. In 1883-92, a range of palaces was built at Nahargarh by Dirgh Patel at a cost of nearly three and a half lakh rupees. The Madhavendra Bhawan, built by Sawai Madho Singh had suites for the queens of Jaipur and at the head was a suite for the king himself. The rooms are linked by corridors and still have some delicate frescoes. Nahargarh was also a hunting residence of the Maharajas.
Until April 1944, the Jaipur State government used for its official purposes solar time read from the Samrat Yantra in the Jantar Mantar Observatory, with a gun fired from Nahargarh Fort as the time signal.
Some scenes in the movies Rang De Basanti, Shuddh Desi Romance and Sonar Kella were shot at Nahargarh Fort.
The Albert Hall Museum (and India's inofficial 'Pigeon Palace') in Jaipur, opened as public museum in 1887, an exquisite example of Indo-Saracenic architecture.
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El Chandra Mahal solo puede admirarse desde el exterior, ya que sigue siendo la residencia de la familia del actual Maharajá, Bhawani Singh. Tiene una entrada con tres arcos bajo una galerÃa limitada también por arcos, todos ellos de mármol labrado; su tejado plano constituye una inmensa terraza. Una gran puerta bajo un arco de mármol labrado flanqueada por dos elefantes de mármol blanco. La guardia del Maharajá flanquea la entrada: son cinco hombres con uniforme blanco, zapato negro, bigote y un gran turbante rojo.
El Palacio de Jaipur cuenta con varios edificios, jardines, patios y murallas. El complejo es enorme y tiene una parte que no se puede visitar ya que es la residencia del actual maharaja de Jaipur.
The lady in red stuck out. More colourful than most, even in the busy and vibrant coming and going in Jaipur's main train station. Only the reflection reveals her true age, which does not diminish her beauty and impression.
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