India: Palaces & forts ( part two) 6°Junagarh Fort (Bikaner) Built 1587-93 By Maharaja Rai Singh Style Rajput Dynasty Rathore Rajput 7°Jaisalmer Fort Built 1156 By Rao Jaisal Style Rajput Dynasty Bhati Rajput 9°Umaid Bhawan Palace (Jodpur) Built 1935 By Maharaja Umaid Singh Style Art Deco Dynasty Rathore Rajput 8° Mehrangarh Fort (Jodpur) Built 1459 By Rao Jodha Singh Style Rajput Dinasty Rathore Rajput 10°City Palace of Udaipur Built 1559 By Maharana Udai Singh Style Rajput Dynasty Sisodia 11°Lake Palace Hotel (Udaipur) Built 1746 By Rana Jagat SinghII Style Rajput Dinasty 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 Fort Also known as Sonar Qila Constructed with blocks of golden sandstone, sets up on the Trikuta hill

Mehrangarh Fort Kipling 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 residence A 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 Maria [email_address] 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…