Hyderabad: Attractions and more...
Among the Hyderabad’s main attractions, a must-see is surely the Golkonda Fort. Several towns in USA named after Golkonda; with its fort beign built for defense from invading Mughals and designed a perfect acoustical system by which a hand clap sounded at the fort's main gates.
Once renowned for the diamonds found on the southeast and cut in the city, at a time when India had the only known diamond mines in the world.
Falaknuma Palace literally means "Star of Heaven" in urdu designed by an Italian architect and laid out in the shape of a scorpion with two stings spread out as wings on the north.
Salar Jung Musem is the 3rd largest museum in India and one of the largest one-man-collections in the world. Salar Jung Musem is a royal treat to the connoisseurs with a collection of over 43000 art objects, 9000 manuscripts and 47000 printed books, dating back to the 1st century.
Charminar is a mosque of the four minarets built by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah in 1591 to commemorate the eradication of plague as well as in honour of his wife (said by some); shortly after he had shifted his capital from Golkonda to what now is known as Hyderabad.
What to see in detail
Landmarks and Historic sites (4)
Museums (1)
Streets, Squares and Neighbourhoods (1)
See also
Tours (1)
Parks and gardens (1)
Stores and shopping malls (2)
Nature and sport (3)
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