The Well of Chand Baori: If M.C. Escher Were an Architect, This Would be His Building!

Posted by Alex in Architecture, Pictures, Travel & Places on September 8, 2008 at 2:00 pm



Photo: Doron [wikipedia]

What if M.C. Escher designed a real life building? It’d probably be something like the Chand Baori stepwell near Jaipur, India. The amazing 13-stories well was built in the 9th century and has 3,500 narrow steps. Don’t fall - at 100 feet (~30 m) deep, it’s a long way down.

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10 comments to "The Well of Chand Baori: If M.C. Escher Were an Architect, This Would be His Building!"

  1. zantimisfit
    September 8th, 2008 at 2:27 pm

    A scene from The Fall (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460791/) was filmed here. Most of the visuals in the movie seem like they were digital creations. It’s NEAT to see that this place is real.

  2. seekshelter
    September 8th, 2008 at 3:43 pm

    yeah, this was in the Fall… most of the stuff in the movie were real structures in India…

  3. Dan Smith
    September 8th, 2008 at 5:05 pm

    I’ve seen many locations from The Fall highlighted on Neatorama.

    BTW. The Fall is so good.

    CGI sucks, there is enough awesome shit in the world to do without.

    Can’t wait for that guys next movie, I hope he does a movie based off of the obscure science fiction series The Golden Age.

  4. Grammar Police
    September 8th, 2008 at 7:41 pm

    *SIGH*

    If M. C. Escher WERE an architect, not WAS.

  5. ted
    September 8th, 2008 at 8:06 pm

    I like how just the one level has a railing. Are all the others safer, or is that just to keep all the bodies who fell from the higher levels out of the well?

  6. Alex
    September 9th, 2008 at 1:49 am

    Busted by the grammar police! Since I fixed the title, can I get off with just a warning?

  7. johzephine
    September 9th, 2008 at 7:21 am

    Am I the only one who feels like their legs hurt just looking at that?

  8. TwoDragons
    September 9th, 2008 at 2:23 pm

    Beautiful architecture! But as for that icky green water at the bottom…ew.

    –TwoDragons

  9. Ali S.
    September 10th, 2008 at 9:52 pm

    Yeah, I think just looking at that causes vertigo as well. So, not only will you feel like you’re falling but eventually you will and all those steps…ouch!

  10. Chad Cloman
    September 10th, 2008 at 10:32 pm

    Ugh, green water? Be sure to boil it first.


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