The Taj

The Taj Mahal is one of the world's most recognisable and evocative sights. No matter what you've read or heard, unless you see the Taj you know nothing of its spectacular architecture and aesthetic beauty. Set over looking the River Yamuna, visible from Agra Fort in the West, the Taj was built by Shah Jahan to enshrine the body of his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to her 14th child, in 1631