Taj Mahal - Wikipedia
The Taj Mahal complex is enclosed by crenellated red sandstone walls on three sides, with the side facing the Yamuna river left open. Outside the complex walls, there are other mausoleums dedicated to Shah Jahan's other wives, royals and favorite servants.
Origins and architecture of the Taj Mahal - Wikipedia
The Taj Mahal was constructed using materials from all over India and Asia. The buildings are constructed with walls of brick and rubble inner cores faced with either marble or sandstone locked together with iron dowels and clamps.
Taj Mahal Architecture -Top 10 Architectural Features of Taj
Learn top 10 Taj Mahal architecture features including symmetry,leaning minarets, use of red sandstone and white marble, and walls inlaid with precious stones…
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The terrace of the Taj Mahal is the most ambitious ever built in a Mughal riverfront garden scheme, unprecedented in size and decoration and one of the most impressive platforms in the history of architecture.
THE WONDER THAT IS TAJ — Google Arts & Culture
Built by Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, the Taj Mahal (ताज महल, “crown of palaces”) is one of the seven wonders of the world. It is eulogised as the most beautiful...
Taj Mahal: The symphony of love - Google Arts & Culture
The Taj features intricate inscriptions on all four entrances, while marble carvings and pietra dura mosaics adorn the walls. Lapis-lazuli, cornelian, mother of pearl, agate and emerald are...
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Here all the elements, architecture, furniture, and decoration combine to create an eschatological house for Mumtaz Mahal. Even sound was put to the task of eternity, through one of the longest echoes of any building in the world. The hall has the form of a perfect octagon, 24 feet to a side, with two tiers of eight radiating niches.
AD Classics: Taj Mahal / Shah Jahan - ArchDaily
2011年1月2日 · All four walls frame the iwan with their vaulted archways, or pishtaqs. The boundaries of the white marble tomb are framed with four minarets, one at each corner. Save this picture! Designed to...
Taj Mahal - MANAS
The main gateway is a large three-storey sandstone structure with an octagonal central chamber with smaller rooms on each side. The walls are inscribed with verses from the Quran. The Makrana white marble of the Taj Mahal assumes subtle variations of light, tint and tone at different times of the day.
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Taj Mahal means "Crown Palace" and is in fact the most well preserved and architecturally beautiful tomb in the world. The English poet, Sir Edwin Arnold has described The Taj as "Not a piece of architecture, as other buildings are, but the proud passions of an emperor’s love wrought in living stones."