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The remains of an 18th-century house built in the English baroque style. The house was shelled during its involvement in the Siege of Lucknow in 1857, and only a few towers and external walls remain to this day, though the extensive garden is intact. The garden is packed by both local and foreign visitors during winter.
Dilkusha Kothi is the remains of an eighteenth-century house built in the English baroque style in the quiet Dilkusha area of Lucknow in India. Today there are only a few towers and external walls as a monument, though the extensive gardens remain. The house was shelled during its involvement in the Siege of Lucknow in 1857, together with the Residency and the nearby school of La Martinière.
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नवाब वाजीद आली शाह प्राणी उद्यान Navāb Vājīd Alī Śah Prāṇī Udyān
The central zoo of Lucknow, established in 1921, and popularly known as Banarasi Bagh (बनारसी बाग़ Banārasī Bāġ) or Chidiya Ghar (चिड़ियाघर Ciṛiyāghar). The zoo is home to 463 mammals, 298 birds, and 72 reptiles representing 97 species, including tiger, lion, wolf, gibbon, black bear, rhino, blackbuck, swamp deer, barking deer, hog deer, elephant, giraffe, zebra, European otters, hill mynah, giant squirrel, great pied hornbill, golden pheasant, silver pheasant etc. It's one of the only two zoos in India to exhibit an orangutan. It has toy trains for children and a large number of animals in here. Fish aquariums also available. Available here is tasty Western-style food.
A massive church and school. Lot of celebrations take place around Christmas time and is packed.
A botanical garden, and a good place for nature lovers. It features peacocks, a cactus museum, and research labs.
A large, 107-acre development to honour Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar who was the architect of the Indian constitution. Impressive stone work, statues and fountains intermix with carefully sculpted gardens.
बिबियापुर कोठी Bibiyāpur Koṭhī
A neoclassical building built by Nawab Asaf ud-Daula in the late 18th century. It was used as a country retreat, a place for the Nawab to escape the hustle of his royal court. After the dissolution of the Oudh State, the British used the building for military celebrations, and it became a part of the Lucknow Cantonment, although the building is open to the public.