Visit the many heritage sites in and around Chennai during your stay in India. Somerset Greenways Chennai serviced apartment enables the travelers to travel conveniently throughout the city while enjoying the comfort of home.

1. Explore the Indian Heritage in
Chennai

2. Index
• Heritage structures in Chennai
• Places to Stay during your holiday

3. Heritage structures in Chennai
• National Art Gallery
• Egmore Railway Station
• Fort St. George
• Government Museum Buildings
• Senate House

4. National Art Gallery
• The National Art Gallery is situated in Egmore, Chennai. This is one of
the oldest art galleries in India. Constructed with red stones sourced
from Satyavedu in Andhra Pradesh.

5. Egmore Railway Station
• Chennai Egmore is a railway station in Egmore, Chennai (Madras), South
India. The station acts as the arrival and departure point for trains
connecting Chennai and Southern, central Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
• The building was constructed during 1906 according to Gothic Style of
architecture and is known as one of the prominent land marks in Chennai.

6. Fort St. George
• Fort St George is the name of the first English fortress in India,
founded in 1644 at the coastal city of Madras, the modern city
of Chennai.

7. Government Museum Buildings
• The Government Museum or Madras Museum is a museum of human
history and culture located in the neighborhoods of Egmore in Chennai,
India. Started in 1851, it is the second oldest museum in India after
the Indian Museum in Kolkata.

8. Senate House
• The Senate House is the managerial centre of the University of
Madras in Chennai, India. It is situated in Wallajah Road,
along Marina Beach.
• This was Constructed by Robert Chisholm between 1874 and
1879, the Senate building is considered to be one of the best
and oldest examples of Indo-Saracenic architecture in India.

9. Places to Stay during your Holiday
Somerset Greenways Chennai ITC Grand Chola
Hilton Chennai Taj Club House

10. References
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11. Thank You
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