Palace of Winds
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The Palace of Winds is a distinctive pink sandstone palace in Jaipur, India, famed for its ornate façade with hundreds of small windows designed to allow royal women to observe street life unseen.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Palace of Breeze | 1 |
| Palace of Winds canonical | 1 |
| Palace of the Winds | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic building
ⓘ
palace ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Hawa Mahal ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Rajput architecture ⓘ |
| builtBy | Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh ⓘ |
| climateAdaptation | natural cooling through cross-ventilation ⓘ |
| color | pink ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1799 ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| designedFor | royal women ⓘ |
| designedTo | maintain purdah for royal women ⓘ |
| district | Jaipur district ⓘ |
| facing | main street of Jaipur’s old city ⓘ |
| façadeFaces | north ⓘ |
| governingBody | Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | Rajput royal culture ⓘ |
| hasElement |
carved screens
ⓘ
chhatris ⓘ domed canopies ⓘ intricate stonework ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
arched roofs
ⓘ
balconies ⓘ hundreds of small windows ⓘ jharokha-style windows ⓘ latticed screens ⓘ ornate façade ⓘ pyramidal structure ⓘ |
| hasNickname |
Palace of Winds
ⓘ
surface form:
Palace of the Winds
|
| hasNumberOfWindowsApprox |
953
ⓘ
over 900 ⓘ |
| hasStoreys | five ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Jaipur
ⓘ
surface form:
Jaipur city
|
| heritageStatus | protected monument ⓘ |
| isLandmarkOf |
Jaipur Walled City
ⓘ
surface form:
Pink City of Jaipur
|
| locatedIn |
India
ⓘ
Jaipur ⓘ Rajasthan ⓘ |
| materialUsed | pink sandstone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hawa (wind) ⓘ |
| partOf |
City Palace, Jaipur
ⓘ
surface form:
City Palace complex of Jaipur
|
| purpose |
to allow royal women to observe street life unseen
ⓘ
to provide ventilation and cool air ⓘ |
| significance | iconic symbol of Jaipur ⓘ |
| state | Rajasthan ⓘ |
| tourismType | heritage tourism ⓘ |
| yearCompleted | 1799 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Palace of Breeze
this entity surface form:
Palace of the Winds