A city founded in the middle of the Sierra mountain of Aravalis progresses over time without losing its architectural cultural heritage or traditions. That would be a small and unfair definition of what is really Jaipur.
Every year is visited by many tourists in their travel relapse in its beauty and hospitality of its inhabitants, men with large turbans and women with skirts that hold all sorts of colors, fabrics, made up dream.
While it is known as "Pink City" this designation is not accompanied since its foundation, bearing in mind that was built in the early eighteenth century, but until the early nineteenth century the walls of its imposing architecture became pink "The reason? Given the impending visit of Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria of England, it was decided to present him with the tone traditionally and officially welcomed in India.
One of the most notable sites is the "Palace of Winds" , which consists of several floors and many windows to the human eye is like a great hive, whose upper edges symbolically mimic the shape of the tail of a turkey real.
This was ordered to be built by Emperor Sawai Jai Singh II with the aim of the palace women could see the outside without being seen. Strategically in an area where heat is whipping the building has a wonderful natural ventilation system.
We should also stress that the entrance to Jaipur is the "Main Palace" has welcomed those who have ruled the region, with large gardens and patios, occupying one seventh of the historic old city. A curious detail is that in the property sector continues to live the old king and his heirs.
Another of the most striking is the Jantar Mantar , called Yantralaya , an ancient observatory from which the monarchs observed the position of the stars with astonishing accuracy. It seems incredible to imagine that these elements still can be obtained, for example, local time, the setting of stars and planets, and even get the time at which an eclipse will occur.