Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Taj-Mahal, India




the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan started building a white marble mausoleum in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. As a result, he built one of the most beautiful palaces in the world, a real masterpiece of the Muslim art in India, and also one of the most admired.

"The couple resting together today, as their eldest son asked to be buried next to each other. And it was a violation of the Convention, as custom required the husband to have its tomb in another wing of the mausoleum. Jahan lived many years after his wife's disappearance, but has never been married before. Vengeance for the death of the last empress proceeded daughters, one who died at birth Mumtaz. Until the death of her father, princess locked up in a lonely tower where they could see only one thing: The great tomb of her mother"

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