Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace
Two-storey teak palace inside the old Bangalore Fort, begun under Hyder Ali in 1781 and completed in 1791, now an ASI-maintained monument with a small museum on Tipu Sultan.
Why it’s worth it
A rare surviving teak palace of the Mysore rulers, with carved pillars, arches and balconies, in the old fort quarter near Kalasipalya.
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