Rumi Darwaza
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Bara Imambara
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Asaf-ud-Daula's famine-relief marvel of 1784 — the world's largest unsupported vaulted hall and the maze of the Bhool Bhulaiya above it.
Chota Imambara
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The 'palace of lights' (1838) — Muhammad Ali Shah's gilded imambara hung with Belgian chandeliers, silver mimbar and golden dome.
The Residency Lucknow
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The shattered, cannonball-pocked ruins of the 1857 siege — 87 days that decided an empire, preserved amid lawns and a museum.
Hazratganj
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Lucknow's Victorian high street of colonnaded shops — 'ganjing' means an evening of chikankari, kebabs and kulfi under its arcades.
Dilkusha Kothi
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The romantic shell of an English baroque hunting lodge (1800), shattered in 1857 — rose gardens now bloom through its bones.
La Martiniere Constantia
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Major-General Claude Martin's fantastical palace-tomb of 1802, now the world's most spectacular school building — Gothic, Mughal and Baroque at once.
Ambedkar Memorial Park
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A 107-acre plaza of pink sandstone domes, 62 elephant statues and reflecting pools honouring Dr. Ambedkar and social reformers.
Janeshwar Mishra Park
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Asia's largest developed city park — 376 acres of lakes, cycling tracks, fountains and a decommissioned MiG on display.