Agra

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Agra

3 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Agra.

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UNESCO sites in Agra

  • Agra FortCultural · 1983 · 1 km

    Near the gardens of the Taj Mahal stands the important 16th-century Mughal monument known as the Red Fort of Agra. This powerful fortress of red sandstone encompasses, within its 2.5-km-long enclosure walls, the imperial…

  • Taj MahalCultural · 1983 · 3 km

    An immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, the Taj Mahal is the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the univer…

  • Fatehpur SikriCultural · 1986 · 36 km

    Built during the second half of the 16th century by the Emperor Akbar, Fatehpur Sikri (the City of Victory) was the capital of the Mughal Empire for only some 10 years. The complex of monuments and temples, all in a unif…

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