Wonders of The World

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• The Longest Natural Arch
• Manuscripts of a Bygone Age NEW
• Sanchi's Great Stupa
• The Brooklyn Bridge
• The Oldest Known Shipwreck
• A House Under The Ocean
• Telescope Atop a Volcano
• Britain's Treasure Trove
• The Dare-devils of La Quebrada
• The Chunnel
• The Tallest Living Things
• An Island Comes to life again
• The Skeleton Stretch
• The Glowing Caves
• The Great Shells
• The Mighty Corridor
• Drawings in the Sand
• The World's largest Flower
• The Swaying Minarets
• The Screaming Skull
• A Tower of Perfection!
• Ajanta
• World's Highest Capitals
• The Ziggurat of Ur
• The Oldest Footprints
• The smallest country
• Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
• Mountain of Light
• A Piece from the Past
• Crop Circles
• Cleopatra’s Needle
• The Oldest Throne
• Giant Waves
• The Lord's Arch
• A Mad King's Dream Castle

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A Palace Without Rooms

The Hawa Mahal, Palace of Winds, in Jaipur looks like a beautiful palace when you approach it from the front but when you go round to the back you see it has no rooms! It has only passages opening out into balconies.
It was built 200 years ago by Maharaja Sawai Partap Singh to enable the ladies of the court to watch parades and processions in the street below without being seen as in those days women observed purdah and no one was allowed to see their faces.
There are over 900 windows and balconies in the huge 5-storeyed structure.

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Last updated on :10/27/2003