DailyCelestialChallenge Wednesday: Structures
The Taj Mahal is located in the vicinity of the city of Agra, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, and was built in the seventeenth century. Incredible architectural feat, his immortal beauty is nourished by the ancient love between an emperor and his wife.
One of the most beautiful buildings in the world, the Taj Mahal, is the result of a beautiful and tragic love story. Join us to meet this complex building considered, also, as one of the seven wonders of the world.
Slowly, sad on the one hand, impressed by the other, happy to fulfill the dream of any traveler, I walked through its gardens, so symmetrical, so colorful, so natural. As if it were a delicacy, I left that work of art to the end. And there, after climbing the first steps of access, and up close, the Mausoleum became more immense, more impressive. Something that attracts you, a force that leads you to want to touch the marble with your own hand and discover that it is not a dream or a mirage.
In addition to a love story that will never end, the Taj Mahal is full of curiosities that you must not forget to really know this place. Curiosities that will give you a completely different image of it, that will help you complete it and begin to understand the greatness of this place
Did you know that building a monument as majestic as the Taj Mahal required the work of more than 20,000 men and 1,000 elephants?
Did you know that it was about to be demolished by the English at the beginning of the 19th century? Apparently his goal was to take advantage of the marble of the facade to sell it at auctions.
And this place has become one of the most visited and photographed tourist destinations in the world, more than three million tourists visit it every year. This fact has meant that the closure of the same or limit the number of visits to protect it from the passage of time. Did you know that since 2007, part of the list of the 7 wonders of the world?
The Taj Mahal can acquire more than 10 shades of different colors depending on the time of day and the incidence of light on it.
In addition, the walls of the mausoleum are full of inscriptions of Muslim holy books, as we have shown you at the beginning of the article with the verses cited.
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