Constantia House, Lucknow

Constantia House is a beautiful building located in La Martiniere Boys College, Lucknow. Considered as the largest European funerary monument in India, it was built in 1785 by Claude Martin, an officer in the British Army.

The interiors of the building are decorated with French rugs, plaster of Paris details, mirrors and paintings that are reminiscent of the grandeur of the bygone era.

The architecture of Constantia is an intricate weave of Nawabi fantasy and Gothic barracks, intertwined with Georgian colonists with the bastions and loopholes of medieval Mughal additions and Palladian arcades. The height of this building of Constantia House made of yellow sandstone is 40 meters i.e. 125 feet.

1. It is also a major historical place as this house was converted into a fort by the British Army during the Sepoy Mutiny.
2. Constantia House is not only a mausoleum but also an educational institution; It runs the school on a sprawling plot of prime land of 200 acres in the city of Lucknow.
3. Constantia is built on a landscaped terrace, which was once a lake.
4. In the center of the ground rises a solid flute column with a Moorish dome often called a 'lat'.

📅 Last update: 2024-01-30 || ✍ Author: Sandhya Chauhan

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