Location of Bari Fort, Architecture of Bari Fort.
Location of the Fort:
This Fort is located in Bari town, District Dholpur, Rajasthan.
Architecture of the Fort:
It is built of Dholpur red sandstone and currently houses the office of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate.
Bari subdivision is well known for its excellent sandstone. Historically, this red stone was used for local construction like bari fort, talab e shahi, jublee hall dholpur, dholpur palace, nihal tower (cloak tower) dholpur and most of other local structures. The world-famous national monuments which are in list of unesco world heritage site in India are also made up of Dholpur red stone which is extracted from Bari area in capital Delhi, like the Dehli Red Fort, Humayun Tomb (Humayun ka Maqbara) located in Nizamuddin East, Delhi.
Bari Red stone was used in rebuilding of Agra Fort by Akbar. This red sandstone was extracted from Barauli, a village in Bari subdivision.
Source: Wikipedia
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