Bangalore Fort

Bangalore Fort began construction in 1537 as a mud fort. The builder was Kempe Gowda I, a vassal of the Vijayanagara Empire and the founder of Bangalore.
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  • Type: Fort
  • Description: fort in Bengaluru, India
  • Also known as: “Bengaluru Fort”, “Old Dungeon Fort & Gates”, “बेंगलूरु दुर्ग”, “ব্যাঙ্গালোর ফোর্ট”, and “ബാംഗ്ലൂർ ഫോർട്ട്”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Victoria Hospital and K. R. Market.

Hospital
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, officially Shantaveri Gopala Gowda Hospital is a government run hospital affiliated with Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute. is situated 240 metres west of Bangalore Fort.

Marketplace
K R Market, also known as City Market, is the largest wholesale market dealing with commodities in Bangalore, India. It is named after Krishnarajendra Wodeyar, a former ruler of the princely state of Mysore. is situated 320 metres north of Bangalore Fort.

Photo: SanoTRajah, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace, in Bangalore, India, is an example of Indo-Islamic architecture and was the summer residence of the Mysorean ruler Tipu Sultan. is situated 440 metres southwest of Bangalore Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chickpet and Gandhi Nagar.

Suburb
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Chickpete is a wholesale/retail neighborhood in Bengaluru, India. It houses one of the smallest roads as artery roads in entire Bangalore city. It is one of the city's oldest areas and is famous for its cloth Shops and wholesale businesses.

Suburb
is a locality situated in . It is a bustling neighbourhood of Central Bengaluru.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
, formerly Bangalore, is the largest city in and the capital of the state of . A cosmopolitan city, was developed around what was once a mud fort of a feudal lord.

Bangalore Fort

Latitude
12.9629° or 12° 57′ 47″ north
Longitude
77.57578° or 77° 34′ 33″ east
Open location code
7J4VXH7G+58
Open­Street­Map ID
way 38751029
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Wiki­data ID
Q4855049
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Telugu—“Bangalore Fort” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “ব্যাঙ্গালোর দুর্গ”
  • French: “Fort de Bangalore”
  • Hebrew: “פורט בנגלור”
  • Hebrew: “פורט בנגלורו”
  • Hindi: “बंगलुरु दुर्ग”
  • Hindi: “बेंगलूरु किला”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಕೋಟೆ”
  • Malayalam: “ബാംഗ്ലൂർ കോട്ട”
  • Tamil: “பெங்களூர்க் கோட்டை”
  • Telugu: “బెంగుళూరు కోట”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Koti Dhanvanthri Ganesha Temple and Koti Sri Anjaneya Temple.

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