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Agra, India
6 places worth your time in Agra, with what each is actually like and when to go.
A marble mausoleum built by Shah Jahan for Mumtaz Mahal, finished in 1653 and still the reference point for symmetry in architecture.
The Mughal seat before Delhi, red sandstone, and the place Shah Jahan was imprisoned by his son with a view of the Taj.
A garden directly across the river, aligned with the Taj — the intended viewing point, and the quiet one.
The 'Baby Taj', the first Mughal structure in white marble and the first to use pietra dura inlay at scale.
Akbar's purpose-built capital, abandoned after fourteen years for want of water, and preserved almost intact.
A sandstone-and-marble tomb in a deer park, and the least visited of the major Mughal monuments here.
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