ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AMER FORT, JAIPUR.

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1592 AD

LOCATION: DEVISINGHPURA, AMER, JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, 302001. 

ENTRY FEES: INDIAN CITIZENS: 100-/ INR

FOREIGN TOURIST: 500-/ INR

TIMINGS: 8:00 AM TO 5:30 AND 6:30 TO 9:15 PM.

BUILT BY: MAN SINGH I

ARCHITECTURAL TYPE: CULTURAL, FORT.

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: RAJPUT, HINDU STYLE MIXED WITH MUSLIM ORNAMENTATION.

MATERIAL USED: RED AND WHITE SANDSTONE.

GOVERNING BODY: GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (GOI).

INTRODUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN:

Amer is a town with a total area of four sq kilometer located 11 kilometers Jaipur, the capital of the state Rajasthan. Mughal architecture greatly influences the architectural style of this beautiful fort, which his one of the principal tourist attraction in Jaipur. This fort is known for its artistic style elements, along with its large ramparts and series of gates and cobbled path, the fort also overlooks Maota lake. This palace along with  Jaigarh Fort is located immediately above cheel ka teel (hills of eagles) of the same range of Aravalli hills. The palace and Jaigarh Fort are considered one complex as the two are connected by a subterranean passage.

This passage was meant to be an escape route in the time of wars to enable the member of the royal family and other Amer Fort to shift to the more redoubtable Jaigarh Fort. At the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Cambodia in 2013, Amer fort along with five other monuments of Rajasthan was declared as UNESCO world heritage sites as the part of the group Hills Fort of Rajasthan.