Amer Fort – Rajasthan
The Amer Fort is just outside Jaipur, an ancestor of Jaipur, till Sawai Jai Singh decided to create a new planned city, It was a major fortified town of the region, an UNESCO World Heritage site along with Kumbhalgarh, Chittorgarh, Ranthambore, Jaisalmer and Gagron Fort, that were some of the forts in this region.
Forts were often located on the hilltops, as you know, whereas the hill on which Amer Fort stands is called Cheelon ka Teela – meaning the hillock on which the eagles live. It was first built by the Meenas who are now classified as tribals way back in 10th CE. However, fortune changed when Raja Man Singh built a formidable fort in the early 17th CE. Raja Jai Singh further developed Amer – one of the current day planned cities of India.
Today, Amer is a small town with around 365 temples. Well, you can see tall spires of many temples when you are at the fort. Amer fort has the world’s third longest wall going around it after Kumbhalgarh & Great Wall of China.