Sunday, August 8, 2010

Shaniwarwada

Shaniwarwada (शनिवारवाडा) is a palace fort in the city of Pune in Maharashtra, India. Built in 1736, it was the seat of the Peshwa rulers of the Maratha Empire) until 1818 when the Peshwas surrendered to the British. The fort itself was  largely destroyed in 1828 by an unexplained fire, but the surviving  structures are now maintained as a tourist site.