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The last stop on our Bangalore tour was Tipu Sultan's summer palace. Despite being burned down by the British, the detail and decoration inside was still very beautiful to admire, especially the 160+ hand-carved columns.
Two interesting things about the palace: it's really small, and it is open in the front and back (as can be seen in this photograph; I was standing inside on the second floor, and everyone else was gathered outside on the patio).
And if you ask Brent, a third interesting fact is that Richard Sharpe started the fire by igniting a powder keg in one of the catacombs beneath the palace (all attempts to confirm this with a local have been met by blank stares). Or maybe that was the Sultan's regular palace? I don't know, I've only read the first four books in the series. ;-)