As part of the City Palace of the Maharaja of Jaipur, India, was a wing for the harem, known as the Hawa Mahal or ‘Palace of the Winds’, which probably more accurately be called the ‘Palace of the Breezes’, since the women of the harem could come here and enjoy the cooling zephyrs during the hot summers. From here they could observe the ostentatious festival parades on the main street of the city below without being seen by anyone. It’s one of the most famous facades of India, built by the Maharaja in 1799. In some interpretations of its architectural form it’s thought that it took the shape of a corona, alluding to the crown of the Hindu god Krishna. Like many of the buildings, and the city walls of Jaipur, the Palace of the Winds is made from the local orange-hued sandstone, for which Jaipur became to be known as the ‘Pink City’.