Bella Vista, Hyderabad

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Bella Vista
Building
Type Royal Palace
Architectural Style French
Location Hyderabad, India
Construction
Completed 1910
Design Team
Architect French Architect

Bella Vista, Hyderabad is a royal palace of the Nizam built in the year 1910.

Bella Vista is the Indo-European building standing on a ten-acre verdant campus. The building's French architect christened it as Bella Vista, meaning beautiful sight, since it overlooks the Hussain sagar lake.

It is located at Saifabad suburb. It was modeled on the Henley-on-Thames of England.

[edit] History

It was in this palace that the heir apparent to the masnad (throne) of Hyderabad, Prince of Berar, Nawab Mir Himayat Ali Khan, Azam Jah Bahadur, the elder son of the Seventh Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan, stayed.[1]

It now houses the Administrative staff college of India.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The Hindu feature on the Palace