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Photo: Photo by Aakash.gautam via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)The seat of the Peshwas for over 130 years burned in 1828, leaving only stone gates and foundations, one gate still studded with spikes meant to stop war elephants.
The fortified residence built in 1732 by Peshwa Bajirao I as the seat of Maratha administrative power in Pune, growing over decades into a sprawling seven-storey palace complex. A fire in 1828 destroyed most of the original wooden structures, leaving only the massive stone gates and foundations standing today. The fort was the political heart of the Maratha Empire for over a century. Its Delhi Gate, still studded with iron spikes meant to deter war elephants, is among the best-preserved features.
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Built in 1892 as an act of charity during a famine, it later became a prison. Gandhi was held here during Quit India, and Kasturba Gandhi and Mahadev Desai died in custody. Their memorials stand in the garden.
Believed to be where the young Shivaji spent his childhood. What stands today is a 1980s reconstruction after fire destroyed the original.
Sambhaji, Shivaji's son, was born here, and here in 1665 Shivaji signed a treaty ceding forts to the Mughals.