- India is home to 21 World Heritage sites and Agra Fort is one among them.
- This culturally and architecturally important monument was completed in 1573. Originally, it was a brick fort known as Badalgarh.
- When the Moghul ruler Akbar made Agra his capital, he had the ruined fort rebuilt in red sandstone brought from Rajasthan.
- It was here that the famous diamond Koh-i-noor was found amidst hidden treasure.
- It is believed that some 1,444,000 builders worked on it for eight years. Within its 2.5 km-long enclosure walls, it houses many palaces, two mosques, gardens and audience halls. Some 500 buildings inspired by Bengali and Gujarati architecture were built in the fort. These were later demolished by Shah Jahan who built his white marble palaces. Today, it stands imperially overlooking the majestic Taj Mahal.
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