The TAJ MAHAL

The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum.a burial monument which was built between 1631 and 1654 in the city of Agra, India next to the river Yamuna by the muslim Emperor Sha Jahan.
The Taj Mahal was built to remenber his love for his favorite wife, Arjumand Bano Bagum, better known as Mumtaz Mahal. She died when she was giving birth to her fourteenth son. The Taj Mahal mixed Islamic, Persian, Indian and Turkish architectures and it was build with a Romantic character.
During his construction it was needed the team work of twenty thousand workers.
In 1983, it was recognized as UNESCO world heritage, and the Taj Mahal was appointing one of the seven wonders of the world.