Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal is the best-known building in the world, one of the Seven Wonders of the World and arguably the most beautiful. The architecture is sublime but it is the story that the stones embody that draws seven million […]

The Taj Mahal is the best-known building in the world, one of the Seven Wonders of the World and arguably the most beautiful. The architecture is sublime but it is the story that the stones embody that draws seven million visitors each year. An immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, the Taj Mahal is the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world’s heritage.