Place · Awadhi ceremonial gateway · India
Rumi Darwaza, Lucknow
Also known as Rumi Darwaza
The 1784 Rumi Darwaza at Hussainabad in central Lucknow, the 20-metre ceremonial gateway built by Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula of Awadh adjacent to the Bara Imambara. The gateway's name derives from Rum (Byzantine Constantinople); the structure is modelled on the Sublime Porte at Topkapi Palace, Istanbul. The three-arched gateway's dense foliate ornamentation and the sunburst motif on the keystone make it the architectural landmark of Lucknow's old city. ASI protection since 1904. The 1857 Lucknow siege saw heavy fighting around the gateway; it survived largely intact.
- Function
- Religious institution & practice
- Patron dynasty
- Awadh Nawabi
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 26.870, 80.910
Connections (2)
- Site withinFarangi Mahal, Lucknow
The 1784 Rumi Darwaza sits within Lucknow at Hussainabad, adjacent to the Bara Imambara. The 20-metre gateway modelled on Istanbul's Sublime Porte serves as the ceremonial entrance to Awadhi Lucknow's old city and remains the city's architectural landmark.
- Site withinLucknow
The Rūmi Darwāza, a 60-foot Mughal-era gateway modelled on the Sublime Porte of Constantinople, stands immediately west of the Bara Imāmbāra at Lucknow. Built in 1784 by Asaf-ud-Daula as the western entrance to the old city, it has become the city's enduring architectural emblem and appears on the state tourism logo.
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