Taj Mahal:Agra's Taj Mahal is one of the most famous buildings
around the world and one of the Seven Wnders of the World and the
mausoleum of Shah Jahan's favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It is one of
three World Heritage Sites in Agra. Completed in 1653, the Taj Mahal was
built by the Mughal king Shāh Jahan as the final resting place for his
beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It is India's most fascinating and beautiful
monument finished in marble. This perfectly symmetrical monument took
22 years (1630–1652) of hard labour and 20,000 workers, masons and
jewellers to build and is set amidst landscaped gardens. Taj Mahal is
the must visit place in India.
Agra Fort:Agra Fort is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Agra, India. The fort is also known as Lal Qila, Fort Rouge and Red Fort of Agra.
It is about 2.5 km northwest of its more famous sister monument, the
Taj Mahal and it can be more accurately described as a walled city. The
great Mugals, Humayun, Akbar, Jehangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb lived
here, and the country was governed from here. It contained the largest
state treasury and mint. It was visited by foreign ambassadors,
travelers and dignitaries.
Fatehpur Sikri:Fatehpur Sikri is a city and a municipal board in
Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The historical city
was constructed by Mughal emperor Akbar beginning in 1570 and served as
the capital of his empire from 1571 until 1585. Though the court took
15 years to build, it was abandoned after only 14 years because the
water supply was unable to sustain the growing population. The surviving
palace and mosque are a tourist attraction and one of the three UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Agra.
Itmad-ud-Daula's Tomb:Itmad-ud-Daula's Tomb
is a Mughal mausoleum in the city of Agra, india. Often described as
'jewel box', sometimes called the 'Baby Taj', the tomb of
I'timad-ud-Daulah is often regarded as a draft of the Taj Mahal. Along
with the main building, the structure consists of numerous outbuildings
and gardens. The tomb, built between 1622 and 1628 represents a
transition between the first phase of monumental Mughal architecture -
primarily built from red sandstone with marble decorations, as in
Humayun's Tomb in Delhi and Akbar's tomb in Sikandra - to its second
phase, based on white marble and pietra dura inlay, most elegantly
realized in the Tāj Mahal.
Akbar’s Tomb:A short distance from Agra, lies the tomb of the
Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great, in Sikandra. Akbar who ruled over the
Mughal Empire from 1556 to 1605, began building his mausoleum in the
spartan style of Timurid architecture.
The mausoleum was completed by his son, the next Mughal Emperor,
Jahangir, who added more decorative elements to the design of Akbar's
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