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Heritage in the Urban Scenario: The Historic Villages of Delhi (Architectural Dissertations Book 2015)
Rahul Arora
ASIN: B019W5Y6EO
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: N/A

“Delhi has more layers of culture, civilization, history and built fabric than any other city in the world.” (DDA website)When thinking about the heritage of Delhi, the first images that comes to the mind, are those of Jama Masjid, Red Fort, Qutub Minar or the Humayun’s Tomb. The other smaller monuments, like the ones in Mehraulli or amongst the “Historical Villages of Delhi’”seem to get lost amongst the shine of these “lavishly maintained monuments.” (C. Lewis, 1997)Hence the question is asked by the researcher,“Can the historic villages of Delhi form an image for the city?”A qualitative and descriptive research was taken to find the answers of the above mentioned questions within the primary studies of the Begumpur, Khirki and Hauz Khas villages of Delhi, and the secondary studies of the Historic City Centre of Rome.Along the journey towards finding the answer, various aspects that ...
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