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Times of IndiaTimes Travel Editor|SIGHTSEEING IN AGRA
Updated : Jun 13, 2018, 06.15 PM IST
Agra is packed with history and architecture that speaks of the city’s history. From historical monuments and grand architecture to shrines and tombs dedicated to love and commemoration, take a stroll though these wonderful monuments to understand the history of the city. Agra thrives as one of the country’s prime tourist locations, all owing to these beautiful and stunningly built structures dating back to the medieval times.
The Taj Mahal is considered by many, to possess architectural beauty unsurpassed by any other structure in the world. Constructed over a period of 22 years, employing twenty thousand workers, it was completed in 1648 C.E...more
Originally built by Emperor Babur as the last in a series of 11 parks bordering the Yamuna’s east bank, this Mughal garden was conceived before even the Taj Mahal. Although it fell into disrepair owing to a flood in 1652...more
Fatehpur Sikri is a town located about 40 kilometres from Agra, and has been given the status of a World Heritage site by UNESCO. Founded in 1569 by the Mughal emperor Akbar, this was the Mughal capital from 1571 to 1585...more
Sikandra Complex containing Akbar’s tomb is one of Agra’s architectural marvels. Work on it was started by Akbar in 1605, and was completed by his son jehangir after his death. Using various different styles of architect...more
Aside from the Taj Mahal, Agra has one of the finest Mughal forts in India, the Agra Fort. A massive red sandstone structure located on the banks of the Yamuna River, construction on the fort was started in 1565 by the M...more
Nicknamed the Baby Taj, the exquisite tomb of Mizra Ghiyas Beg was the precursor to the Taj Mahal. Built between 1622 and 1628, it is located along the banks of the Yamuna and was built by the Mughal queen Noor Jahan, wi...more
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