हवा महल

Hawa Mahal

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Architectural postcard illustration of the Hawa Mahal in Jaipur, India
An architectural postcard from the Living Atlas.

A five-story pink-sandstone facade of 953 latticed windows, built in 1799 so royal women could watch the street unseen.

Why Atlas chose this place

A honeycomb of pink sandstone and lace-like screens — perhaps the most drawable facade in India.

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