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City Palace known as core of the Rajasthan, which is situated in the
heart of the city. The Palace is now converted in a museum except for a one
section where the erstwhile royal family still lives. The Palace cum museum
is constructed in the fortified campus style and covers more than half of
the old city. There are different sections of the museum dedicate to
subjects like arms and ammunition, textile and costume, and art gallery.
A pride of peacocks adorn an ornate doorway in Jaipur's City
Palace. Palace retainers stand at attention as in the past when Jaipur Court
was headquartered here. The palace is now a fine museum and houses a
remarkable collection of textiles , paintings, manuscripts, and
extraordinary weapons. On display are two huge urns of silver, said to be
the largest silver vessels in the world. Nakkarkhana-ka-Darwaza, the
imposing gateway of the City Palace guarded by stone elephants, is
monumental..
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