The Residency, Lucknow

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building complex historic site tourist attraction

The Residency, Lucknow is a historic complex of buildings in Lucknow, India, best known as the site of the prolonged siege during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and now preserved as evocative ruins and a memorial.

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Surface form Occurrences
Lawrence Memorial, Lucknow Residency 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building complex ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Indo-European ⓘ
associatedWith Kingdom of Awadh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nawab of Awadh NERFINISHED ⓘ
bestKnownFor Siege of Lucknow NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtBy British East India Company administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
cityLandmarkStatus major historical landmark of Lucknow ⓘ
constructedFor British Resident to the Court of Awadh NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsGravesOf British soldiers ⓘ
Indian soldiers ⓘ
civilians killed during the Siege of Lucknow ⓘ
country India ⓘ
event Indian Rebellion of 1857 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siege of Lucknow NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerFunction administrative complex ⓘ
official residence of the British Resident ⓘ
hasOnsite information plaques ⓘ
interpretive museum ⓘ
hasPart Baillie Guard Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Banquet Hall ⓘ
Canning’s Post NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dr. Fayrer’s House NERFINISHED ⓘ
Residency main building ⓘ
Treasury ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ
church ruins ⓘ
museum ⓘ
heritageDesignation protected monument of national importance in India ⓘ
historicalPeriod British colonial period in India ⓘ
locatedIn Lucknow NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
locatedOn south bank of the Gomti River ⓘ
maintainedBy Archaeological Survey of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
memorialTo participants in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
victims of the Siege of Lucknow ⓘ
near Hazratganj area of Lucknow NERFINISHED ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Old Lucknow NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance key site of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
symbol of colonial-era conflict in North India ⓘ
status preserved monument ⓘ
ruins ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorEvent 1857–1858 ⓘ
tourismType heritage tourism ⓘ
usedDuring Indian Rebellion of 1857 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Residency ruins at Lucknow → partOf → The Residency, Lucknow ⓘ
Henry Lawrence → hasMonument → The Residency, Lucknow ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lawrence Memorial, Lucknow Residency