January 21, 2014

India - Taj Mahal


This postcard was sent by Amit! It shows the most famous and known monument of India, the Taj Mahal, a Unesco World Heritage, recently included in the Seven Wonders of Modern World, built between 1632 and 1653 by about 20 thousand men. Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra (north India) and it was built by the emperor Shah Jahan in memory to his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

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