India monument

Taj Mahal

It is a complex of buildings built between 1631 and 1648 in the city of Agra, Uttar Pradesh (India) on the banks of river Yamuna by the Muslim emperor Shah Jahan of the Mughal dynasty. The imposing set was erected in honor of his favorite wife, Arjumand Bano Begum, better known as Mumtaz Mahal- who died in childbirth of her fourteenth child. It is estimated that its construction required the effort of some 20,000 workers.

The emperor ordered the construction of the building complex of the Taj Mahal, which is usually translated as "Crown Palace" or "Crown Palace", although historians claim that his appointment is merely an abbreviation of the name of Mumtaz Mahal. The location chosen fuela the Yamuna river curve that reaches north to Agra from its waters reflected light changes from white marble walls of the palace whose construction lasted for twenty years, ending in 1653. More than twenty thousand workers they participated in building this tribute to love to plans by a council of architects from India, Persia and Central Asia, although it seems that the real inspiration was the emperor himself. The master builder was the Turkish pages listed Isa and legend has it that when the building was finished, Jahan ordered to cut their power to prevent such a work could repeat.


The Taj Mahal is considered the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements of Islamic architecture, 1 sea-green, 2 Indian and even turca.3 This monument has achieved special notoriety by the romantic character of his inspiration. Although the mausoleum covered with white marble dome is the most famous, the Taj Mahal is a set of integrated buildings.

The monument is a major tourist destination of India. In 1983, he was recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, and named one of the New Seven Wonders of the Modern World.

For its construction they were used the best materials regardless of their place of origin. Everything was little to his beloved. One of the legends surrounding this beautiful story is that they were more than a thousand elephants which carried the thin white of its walls to be brought from the quarries of Rajasthan marble. Oxcarts, buffalo and camels led to Agra jade and crystal from China, turquoise from Tibet, lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, the crisolita of Egypt, agates from Yemen, sapphires of Ceylon, amethysts of Persia, coral Arabia, Russia malachite, quartz Himalayan Golconda diamonds and amber Indian ocean to decorate the walls and rooms of the mausoleum.