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Thursday, 23 June 2011

Taj Mahal

Location : India
Taj Mahal is an Indian architectural landmark located in Accra, is one of the greatest evidences of art and architecture in the Mughal era.
The shrine was built to commemorate the anniversary of the "Erjohnmd Bannu Bacam" and famous for the title of "Mumtaz Mahal" the wife concubine the Sultan, "Shah Jahan" .. She died in 1631 AD near her husband, during one of the military campaigns.the UNESCO include the building in the list of World Cultural Heritage.
It took twenty years and the recruitment of more than twenty thousand men to build this building unique .. The height of the shrine (main building) 73 m, inscribed with Koranic verses, and some outstanding graphics, which is a reference to study the art of painting in India during the Mughal era.
The shrine stands on a square platform, and on each side of a circular beacon .. To his right was built a small mosque, and to the left stands a building said to him, "the answer" Find the balance (with the mosque) in the general shape of the tomb.
Is access to the shrine after crossing the gardens, located within an area surrounded interspersed with large gate .. Collected other mosques and shrines - the wives of the least fortunate - near the place .. We have commemorative Nasben each of "Mumtaz Mahal" and "Shah Jahan" T. (1666 m) in the octagonal hall, completed by the inscriptions found on them in a neat, and was perforated and inform them curtains and marble inlaid with precious stones.
Does not know exactly the author of this work, but it is likely to be the architect, "Professor Eisa" (from Persian or Turkish origin) to the turkey by Khan, who led the work to build the dome, and "Ranmal", which has planned the gardens.
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