Rajasthan
Jaipur district
Amber

Amber Fort

Amer Fort or Amber Fort is a fort located in Amer, , . Amer is a town with an area of 4 square kilometres located 11 kilometres from , the capital of .
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  • Opening hours: 8:00 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: fort and palace in Rajasthan, India
  • Also known as: “Ambar Palace”, “Amber Palace”, “Amber Palace on Hill, Amber”, “Amer Fort”, “Amer Palace”, and “Fort of Amer”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jaigarh Fort and Kesar Kyari Garden.

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is situated on the promontory called the Cheel ka Teela of the Aravalli range; it overlooks the Amer Fort and the Maota Lake, near Amer in , , India. is situated 550 metres west of Amber Fort.

Park
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is a park, which is situated 250 metres southeast of Amber Fort.

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is a palace in the middle of the Man Sagar Lake in city, the capital of the state of Rajasthan, India. The palace was originally constructed around 1699; the building and the lake around it were later renovated and enlarged in the early 18th century by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Amber. is situated 3½ km south of Amber Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amber and Jaipur.

Village
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or Amer, is a city near in in the state of . It is now a part of the Jaipur Municipal Corporation. The picturesque situation of at the mouth of a rocky mountain gorge, in which nestles a lake, has attracted the admiration of travellers, including Victor Jacquemont and Reginald Heber.

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, also known as the Pink City, is the capital of Indian state of , and its largest city. The city was built in the 18th century by Sawai Jai Singh as India's first planned city, and today it's a major tourist attraction for Indians and for international visitors.

Amber Fort

Latitude
26.98631° or 26° 59′ 11″ north
Longitude
75.85066° or 75° 51′ 2″ east
Elevation
476 metres (1,562 feet)
Open location code
7JRQXVP2+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2598753117
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
7303257
Wiki­data ID
Q456817
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Amber Fort” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حصن العنبر”
  • Arabic: “حصن عامر”
  • Armenian: “Ամբերի ամրոց”
  • Assamese: “আমেৰ দুৰ্গ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Amber qalası”
  • Basque: “Amber gotorlekua”
  • Belarusian: “Крэпасць Амбер”
  • Bengali: “অম্বর দুর্গ”
  • Bengali: “আমের দুর্গ”
  • Bengali: “আম্বর দুর্গ”
  • Catalan: “Amber”
  • Chinese: “琥珀堡”
  • Czech: “Amber, Indie”
  • Czech: “Ambér”
  • Czech: “Jantarová pevnost”
  • Czech: “Pevnost Amber”
  • Czech: “Žlutá pevnost”
  • Dutch: “Ajmer fort”
  • Dutch: “Ajmer-fort”
  • Dutch: “Amber fort”
  • Dutch: “Amer fort”
  • Dutch: “Fort Ajmer”
  • Dutch: “Mahota meer”
  • French: “fort d’Amber”
  • French: “Fort d’Amber”
  • German: “Fort Amber”
  • Gujarati: “આમેરનો કિલ્લો”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר אמבר”
  • Hindi: “आंबेर का किला”
  • Hindi: “आंबेर”
  • Hindi: “आमेर का किला”
  • Hindi: “आमेर क़िला”
  • Hindi: “आमेर दुर्ग”
  • Hungarian: “Ámbér-erőd”
  • Italian: “Forte Amber”
  • Japanese: “アンベール城”
  • Kannada: “ಅಂಬರ್ ಕೋಟೆ”
  • Korean: “암베르”
  • Maithili: “आमेर किला”
  • Malay: “Kota Amber”
  • Malayalam: “Amber Fort”
  • Malayalam: “ആംബർ കൊട്ടാരം”
  • Malayalam: “ആംബർ കോട്ട”
  • Marathi: “अंबर किल्ला”
  • Marathi: “अंबरचा किल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Amber”
  • Norwegian: “Fort Amber”
  • Panjabi: “ਆਮੇਰ ਦਾ ਕਿਲਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਆਮੇਰ ਦਾ ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Persian: “امبر (دژ)”
  • Persian: “دژ آمیر”
  • Polish: “Amber”
  • Polish: “Fort Amber”
  • Portuguese: “Amber Fort”
  • Portuguese: “Forte de Amber”
  • Russian: “Амбер”
  • Sanskrit: “आमेर”
  • Sanskrit: “आमेरदुर्गम्”
  • Sindhi: “امبر قلعو”
  • Slovenian: “trdnjava Amber”
  • Slovenian: “Trdnjava Amber”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte Amber”
  • Tamil: “ஆம்பர் அரண்மனை”
  • Tamil: “ஆம்பர் கோட்டை”
  • Telugu: “అంబర్ కోట, రాజస్థాన్”
  • Telugu: “ఆమెర్ కోట”
  • Telugu: “ఆమెర్ ఫొర్త్”
  • Thai: “ป้อมอาเมร์”
  • Turkish: “Amer Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Амбер (форт)”
  • Ukrainian: “Амбер”
  • Urdu: “آمیر قلعہ”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ آمیر”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Amer”
  • Western Panjabi: “آمیر قلعہ”

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