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 City
Palace
The City Palace was built in 1793 A.D. by Raja Bakhtawar Singh.It
represents a intermingling of Rajput and Mughal stvles. It has
graceful marble pavilions set on lotus flower bases in the central
courtyard
Once this palace was part of the Maharajas ornate lifestyle and
housed, among other things, a drinking cup cut out of a single
emerald in its treasury and a mammoth, double storied four-elephant
carriage in its stables. Today however the palaces has been
converted into the districts collectorate, and its hall and chambers
have a been turned into government offices
The Museum
The palace Museum has a wonderful collection of exhibits of the
personal wealth of the Maharajas of Alwar and some rare manuscripts
including an illustrated Mahabharata on a 200-foot-long scroll,
Others prize pieces here after illustrated manuscripts of GULISTAN,
SHAHNAMA, and on EMPEROR Babur’s life. There are also some fine
RAGAMALA paintings and miniatures from the Alwar, Bundi, and Mughal
school it has an armory section, which has some historic swords
belonging to the likes of Sultan Muhammad Ghori, Emperor Akbar and
Aurangzeb.
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