Located in old Lucknow near Gomti banks, close to Begum Hazrat Mahal Park.

The red brick ruins are peaceful now a days, surrounded by
lawns and flowerbeds, but thousands died during the
months-long siege.

The Residency has been maintained as it was at the time
of the final relief, and the shattered walls are still scarred
by cannon shot.

The on site museum includes the original buildings as
scale models. The cemetery near St Mary`s Church has
2,000 defenders buried on its grounds.

The Residency is actually a group of buildings that were built in 1800 A.D by the then Nawab of Oudh, Nawab Saadat Ali Khan.

It is said that as many as 3500 people sought shelter during the siege of Lucknow in 1857. The siege continued for more than 140 days.