The Taj Mahal in India

Built this shrine, the huge and beautiful on the south bank of the River Jomena, outside the city of Agra, India, on the orders of Emperor Shah Jahan, Abakaoua to the memory of his beloved wife Belle Erjomend Bano Begum, better known as Mumtaz Mahal (meaning "selected palace"), has died giving birth to their son the fourth century, in the city of Brhnbur, in the year 1631, after having been a partner throughout the life of the emperor years of their marriage, which was in the year 1612.




Taj Mahal is the finest testament to the beauty of the architecture of the Mughal era, which combines elements of architectural styles of art from the Ottoman and Persian, Indian and Islamic. In 1983, UNESCO inclusion of this teacher on the list of World Cultural Heritage and considered it a "jewel of Islamic art in India and one of the architectural masterpieces in the world heritage who won the admiration of all around the earth." Although the shrine itself a white marble dome is the most important characteristic of this effect, the Taj Mahal, in fact, is an integrated set of buildings, construction began around 1632 and was completed in approximately 1653, has required the recruitment of built thousands of skilled craftsmen., the main designer of the Taj Mahal.
And is rumored that the costs of the construction of this edifice, which is paying his children accused their father of insanity and disease after Shah Jahan began the story of the bloody conflict for power between his four sons, his son Vvtk Orngerat his brothers hauled the three patient father in prison in one of the halls of the Red Fort.
Was attributed Shah Jahan and standing in front of a mirror and put him one of the engineers in one of the columns reflect the image of the shrine, which is several miles from the prison, and was the last words of excellent a deposit minimum, "Do not get married after me, will not you love a woman like me, do not forget to visit my grave! .. . "was visiting the grave of a member is free, and has been visited by a prisoner through the mirror, so close your eyes death year 1666