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Agra - Love capital of India / Taj Mahal / Red Fort Agra | JOEJOURNEYS |

Agra is the city of the Taj Mahal, some 200 km from Delhi. A major tourist destination because of its Mughal-era buildings, most notably the Tāj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpūr Sikrī, all of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Taj Mahal is an immense mausoleum of white marble, built between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife. It took 20 years to construct and is now universally known as a monument of love. Taj Mahal means Crown Palace. One of his wife’s names was Mumtaz Mahal, Ornament of the Palace. The Taj is one of the most well preserved and architecturally beautiful tombs in the world, one of the masterpieces of Indian Muslim architecture. Agra Fort is a palace as a defensive structure, it is also constructed mainly from red sandstone. Emperor Akbar, king at 14, began consolidating his empire and, as an assertion of his power built the fort in Agra between 1565 and 1571, at the same time as Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi. Emperor Shah Jahan added to the fort and ended up a prisoner in it. The fort has a beautiful view of his masterpiece, the Taj Mahal, on a clear day. _______________________________________ WEB https://www.joejourneys.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/joejourneys INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/joejourneys TWITTER https://twitter.com/joejourneys _______________________________________ MUSIC Title / Artist LOVER'S PARADISE SIGHT OF WONDERS CONTINENTS APART ESME CRUZ TRAVELERS WIDOW MAGNUS RINGBLOM Source: http://www.epidemicsound.com/ _______________________________________ CAMERAS AND EQUIPMENT • Amazon.co.uk - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/joejourneys • Sony A7 II - http://amzn.to/2r8TJ6A • Sony SEL1635Z E Mount Full Frame Lens - http://amzn.to/2rPAXDa • DJI Ronin-SC Stabiliser 3-Axis Gimbal - https://amzn.to/2LcjVdS • RØDE Wireless Go Compact Wireless Microphone System - https://amzn.to/2LdZjBZ • GoPro Hero 5 - https://amzn.to/2ze3lqb