Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
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Preferred Title:
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Laxmi Vilas Palace
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Image View:
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Detail, left wing (north), exterior, central cupola and tower dominate the facade
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Creator:
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Charles Mant (British (modern) architect, 1840-1881); Robert Fellowes Chisholm (British (modern) architect, 1840-1915); Sayaji Rao Gaekwar III, Maharaja of Baroda (Indian (South Asian) ruler, 1863-1939)
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Location:
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site: Vadodara, Gujarāt, India
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Location Note:
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formerly Baroda; Gate No. 2 Laxmi Vilas Palace Estate, J.N.Marg
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GPS:
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+22.2939+73.1914
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Date:
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1878-1890 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Indian (South Asian); Islamic; Mughal
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Style Period:
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Anglo-Mughal; Nineteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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royal palace
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Classification:
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Architecture and City Planning
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Measurements:
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150 m (length, building)
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Subjects:
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architecture; rulers and leaders; Indo-Saracenic Revival; revival styles; Gaekwad
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Description:
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The palace is the residence of Baroda State's Maratha royal family, the Gaekwads (ruled 1721-1947). Although no longer ruling the state (which was subsumed by India), the royal family still occupies the palace. The palace was built for Maharaja Sayaji Rao III (reigned 1875-1936). Designed by Charles Mant (died 1881) in the Indo-Saracenic style and completed by Robert Fellowes Chisholm. The 150 m-long building comprises three distinct parts: the public rooms, primarily in Mughal style; the prince’s private apartments, which emulate Rajput architecture; and the women’s quarters, executed in the Gujarati regional style. The interior is almost completely Western in layout and furnishings, with billiard and dining rooms, elevators and a vast durbar hall decorated with a Venetian floor mosaic. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Twelve
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Identifier:
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1A2-IN-VAD-LVP-A02
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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