The clock tower alias Ghari Minar is located near to
the Rumi Darwaza in between the Bara Imambara and Chhota Imambara. Built
in 1880 by Nawab Nasir-ud-Din Haider, it is the best example of the European
artistic and structural skills. This huge tower is one of the tallest
Clock Tower in India which measures to a height of 67 m. Designed by Roskell
Payne, the tower reflects Victorian-Gothic structural designs. Clock parts
are made of gunmetal. The huge pendulum is 14 feet long and the dial of
the clock is shaped like a 12-petalled flower encircled with bells.
Although it is called as Satkhanda or 'tower of seven stories’, the clock
tower now stands incomplete with only four stories because of the abandonment
of the construction after the death of Ali Sha. Jama Masjid and the picture
gallery, which exhibits the paintings of all the Nawabs of Avadh by European
artists are the nearby attractions. The Picture Gallery built by Mohammed
Ali Shah as a baradari is a double-storied redbrick building. The Hussainbad
Tank ,Taluqdar's hall which houses the offices of the Hussainabad Trust,
Chowk- the old market area in the south, Dargah of Hazrat Abbas within
the Chowk are the other attractions.
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