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Laxmi Vilas Palace

🇮🇳 Indien · 19. Jahrhundert

Laxmi Vilas Palace in Indien
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Land
🇮🇳 Indien
Typ
Schloss
Bekanntheit
Bedeutend
Jahrhundert
19. Jahrhundert
Gegründet
1890
Koordinaten
22.2939°, 73.1914°
Offene Daten
Wikidata Q3360979

Lakshmi Vilas Palace (Gujarati: લક્ષ્મી વિલાસ મહેલ) is a historic palace and royal residence located in Vadodara, Gujarat, India. The palace was commissioned in 1878 by Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the ruler of Baroda State, and constructed in 1890 by British architects Charles Mant and Robert Chisholm. Named after Sayajirao's first wife Lakshmibai, it served as the royal residence of the Gaekwad dynasty, a Maratha family which ruled the princely state of Baroda until its accession to the Dominion of India in 1947. With a complex spanning over 500 acres, the palace is one of the world's largest private residences, and is a prominent example of Indo-Saracenic architecture, combining elements from Indo-Islamic and Renaissance architectural styles.

Constructed at a cost of Rs. 6 million, the palace featured several technologically advanced amenities at the time of its completion, including indoor elevators and a telephone exchange. The main palace houses the Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum and serves as the living quarters of Samarjitsinh Gaekwad, the current ceremonial head of the Gaekwad dynasty. In addition to the palace, the overall building complex encompasses multiple gardens, the Gaekwad Baroda Golf Club, and the Moti Bagh Stadium. In 2024, Samarjitsinh announced plans to convert the palace into a hotel and tourist resort.

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Laxmi Vilas Palace steht weltweit auf Platz 755 von 2.400 im Burgen-Bekanntheitsranking des Atlas und Nr. 31 der 71 in Indien verzeichneten. Gegründet 1890, ist es älter als 7% der datierten Objekte des Atlas — eines von 160 Atlas-Objekten, die im 19. Jahrhundert gegründet wurden. Sehen Sie im Burgen-Statistik, wie Indien abschneidet.

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