Historical landmark
Agra Fort
Agra Fort, Rakabganj, Agra, Uttar Pradesh 282003
Walled Mughal fortress in red sandstone, once the seat of empire and the prison of Shah Jahan.
This guide to Agra Fort traces its rise under Emperor Akbar in 1565 and its transformation under his grandson Shah Jahan, who governed the Mughal empire from its marble halls and commissioned the Taj Mahal from this very tower. It follows the succession war of 1658, when Shah Jahan's son Aurangzeb turned on him, and the years the deposed emperor spent confined within these walls. Best seen from the octagonal Musamman Burj, looking out toward the river.
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