She is also doing much to preserve and restore the heritage of havelis throughout Shekhawati, working with other associations to give the havelis a second life.

In fact the area particularly came to be known for its forts, villas, palaces, havelis, gateways, fortifications, and city walls.

Nawalgarh is famous for its fresco and havelis and considered as Golden City of Rajasthan.

Several havelis situated in the old city and Railway road are giving way to modern buildings thus depriving the city of its traditional and beautiful character.

There are a number of historically and architecturally significant havelis in Pakistan, most of which are situated in the Punjab province and constructed during the Mughal period.

Fatehpur is famous for grand havelis with frescos, which is a specialty of the Shekhawati region.

The others havelis, which are notable are Harkishan Das Saraogi Haveli and Vishnunath Keria Haveli.

The typical havelis in Shekhawati consisted of two courtyards — an outer one for the men which serves as an extended threshold, and the inner one, the domain of the women.

The largest havelis could have up to three or four courtyards and were two to three stories high.

In the northern part of India havelis for Lord Krishna are prevalent with huge mansion like constructions.

The havelis are noted for their frescoes depicting images of gods, goddesses, animals, scenes from the British colonization, and the life stories of Lords Rama and Krishna.

Most of the havelis are empty nowadays or are maintained by a watchman ( typically an old man ).

The towns and villages of Shekhawati are famous for the embellished frescoes on the walls of their grandiose havelis, to the point of becoming popular tourist attractions.

These havelis are destroyed and new illegal high rise malls are constructed in unplanned way.

One of the largest preserved havelis in the area is the Chunnamal haveli.

Till a decade ago the old city alleys and Railway Road had about 50 havelis ( mansions ) built in traditional architectural styles.

Muslim masons did all the decorative work in stone and fabricated woodcrafted door sets in these havelis.

The market place of the town and layout of the havelis indicate that the original city was well-planned before construction.

Many of the havelis of India and Pakistan were influenced by Islamic Persian, Central Asian and Indian architecture.

The old cities of in Agra, Lucknow and Delhi in India and Lahore, Multan, Peshawar, Hyderabad in Pakistan have many fine examples of Mughal-style havelis.

These buildings were called havelis.

The havelis were status symbols for the Marwaris as well as homes for their extended families, providing security and comfort in seclusion from the outside world.

The havelis were to be closed from all sides with one large main gate.

It is not a single haveli but a cluster of 5 small havelis.

Miniatures in manuscripts or single sheets to be kept in albums were the preferred medium of Rajput painting, but many paintings were done on the walls of palaces, inner chambers of the forts, havelis, particularly, the havelis of Shekhawati, the forts and palaces built by Shekhawat Rajputs.

Ajmer has a population of around 551, 360 in its urban agglomeration and 542, 580 for the city ( 2011 census ), and is located west of Jaipur, the state capital, 274 km from Udaipur, 439 km from Jaisalmer, and 391 km from Delhi.

The train departs from New Delhi and during its eight day journey, travels around Rajasthan with stops in Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Sawai Madhopur, Chittaurgarh, Udaipur, Bharatpur, and Agra.

Oil sands are found in the northeast, especially around Fort McMurray ( the Athabasca Oil Sands ).

Three fixed wireless dishes with ( protective covers ) on top of 307 W. 7th Street, Fort Worth, Texas around 2001

The fort was named " Fort William "' after William of Orange, and the settlement that grew around it was called " Maryburgh ", after his wife.

The TV series Rockface was filmed mainly around Fort William and some scenes of Monarch of the Glen were filmed around Lochaber although mostly near Newtonmore.

The English quickly built other posts around the southern edge of Hudson Bay in Manitoba and present day Ontario and Quebec, such as at Fort Severn, built in 1689.

The north of Bahrain ’ s main island, which is dominated by Manama today, has seen human activity for roughly 5, 000 years, as is indicated from the remains around Bahrain Fort.

Pioneers took residence at Sutter's Fort around 1841.

The defense group, centered around Fort Wayne, IN, remained independent under the Magnavox Electronic Systems name, first under Philips and later in the Carlyle Group, until it was acquired by Hughes Electronics in 1995.

This gave the city defenses time to organize and repel Early, who arrived at Fort Stevens in Washington at around noon on July 11, two days after defeating Wallace at Monocacy, the northernmost Confederate victory of the war.

* Kee-a-kee-ka-sa-coo-way (‘ The Man Who gives the War Whoop ’), Chief of the Plains Cree, was in the middle of the 19th century the leading chief of the Plains Cree, had also a large following among the Plains Ojibwa around Fort Pitt, his sub-chief was Mukitou (‘ Black Powder ’), the father of Mistahi-maskwa.

Excluded from the business end of town and the nicer residential areas, Fort Worth's black citizens, who numbered some 7, 000 out of a total population of 50, 000 around 1900, settled into the southern portion of the city.

* Those interested in historic markers can visit Fort Cascades and Fort Raines, both built in the 1850s to protect the portage road around the Cascades Rapids.

The county is generally divided between the communities around Lakeview and Paisley to the south and the communities around Christmas Valley, Fort Rock, and Silver Lake to the north.

The present town originated as a settlement around the old fort, " Fort of Leix " or " Fort Protector ", the remains of which can still be seen in the town centre.

A significant increase in the agricultural productivity of the region came in the 1930s with the construction of the Colorado Big Thompson Project following the Great Depression, sort of a third boom for the agricultural industry around Fort Collins.

By 2005, hosiery mill employment in Fort Payne had declined to around 5, 500, and several mills had closed.

Oliver Fry and his two oldest sons traveled from Texas on the railroad and settled on just outside of Fort Huachuca around 1901.

Several major movies have been filmed at and around Fort Bragg, including " The Majestic ", " Racing with the moon ",

Many movies have been filmed in and around Mendocino and Mendocino County, including Dying Young, The Russians Are Coming ; Overboard ( actually filmed in Fort Bragg ); The Dunwich Horror ; The Karate Kid, Part III ; Dead & Buried ; Forever Young ; Same Time Next Year ; Racing with the Moon ( partially filmed in Fort Bragg ); Pontiac Moon ; and The Majestic ( also partially filmed in Fort Bragg ).