Palace & château
Jorasanko Thakur Bari
🇮🇳 India · 18th century
Jorasanko Thakur Bari (Bengali: House of the Thakurs; anglicised to Tagore) is a Haveli in Jorasanko, North Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is the ancestral home of the Tagore family. It is the birthplace of poet Rabindranath Tagore and the host of the Rabindra Bharati University campus. Build in Traditional Bengali Architecture of Dalan genre, it is considered to be a heritage, historic icon and centre of socio-cultural evolution of Kolkata.
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Jorasanko Thakur Bari ranks #1,474 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #56 of the 179 mapped in India. Founded c. 1750, it is older than 17% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,789 times in the last 60 days, more than 87% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how India compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Jorasanko Thakur Bari?
Jorasanko Thakur Bari stands in India, at 22.585°, 88.3592°.
When was Jorasanko Thakur Bari built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1750. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Jorasanko Thakur Bari?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #1,474 of 8,133 worldwide, and #56 in India. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Jorasanko Thakur Bari?
Marble Palace (Kolkata), about 1 km away.
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