Analysis Of The Palace Of Fatehpur Sikri

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The architectural monument I am writing on is “Palace of Fatehpur Sikri”, it is in India. It is an ancient monument built by Mughal Emperors. The building mode is the elemental building. There are many different components in this palace. The parti of the palace is “O”. The palace was well planned on the Persian principles. It is composition of many images, it is a palace, tomb, stable, cabin, fort, columns, stairs, towers and arch. This palace is located in the border of a city called Agra district, which falls in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It was constructed mostly on 1571 to 1575. The architects of the palace are Tuhir Das and Dhruv Chawla. The palace is made up of sandstone and red stone, tis is how this place is so strong. The …show more content…

The palace itself covers an approximately area of 250 square meters. Yes, the place has advanced architecture because as a visitors enter the place, they need to go through a huge 40 meter entrance with heavy doors which leads them to the a huge courtyard with a 2 meter high pavilion on the left hand side. The arrangement of a central column is approached by four bridges is repeated in a less formal setting in the courtyard known as the Anup Talao where there is a square pool with a central island approached by bridges from each of the four sides, then they can see the mosque and the king’s palace. The place still has a vibe of high security as at the corners of the place and surrounding boundaries have pillars on which the guards can stand and protect the empire from the rivals during the Mughal rule, the pillars in the palace has many different sculptural arts like snake brackets and many more. The sculpture is mostly similar to other Mughal imperial palaces. The place has two tombs, one of Salim Chishti a sufi saint at the entrance to the south, the other tomb is made up of red stone and is of Islam Khan who was the grandson of Salim

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