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Agra Fort
Near the Taj Mahal Gardens stands the Red Fort of Agra, an important 16th-century Mughal monument. This majestic red sandstone fortress has 2.5 km of walls and houses the imperial city of the Mughal rulers. It includes many fairy-tale palaces, such as the Jahangir Palace and the Khas Palace built by Shah Jahan; audience halls, such as the Diwan-i-Khas; and two very beautiful mosques.
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
Built in 1570, the mausoleum has special cultural significance as it was the first garden tomb on the Indian subcontinent. It inspired several major architectural innovations that ultimately led to the construction of the Taj Mahal.
The Palace Museum
The Forbidden City is 961 meters long from north to south and 753 meters wide from east to west. It is surrounded by 10-meter-high walls on all sides and a 52-meter-wide moat outside the city. It is truly as solid as a fortress. The Forbidden City has four gates: Wumen in the south, Shenwumen in the north, Donghuamen in the east, and Xihuamen in the west. There is a graceful corner tower at each of the four corners of the city wall. There is a saying among the people that it has nine beams, eighteen columns, and seventy-two ridges, which describes its complex structure. The buildings in the Forbidden City are divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court. The center of the outer court is the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Central Harmony, and the Hall of Preserving Harmony, collectively known as the three major halls, which are where the country holds grand ceremonies. The left and right wings of the three major halls are supplemented by two groups of buildings, the Hall of Wenhua and the Hall of Wuying. The center of the inner court is the Palace of Heavenly Purity, the Hall of Jiaotai, and the Palace of Earthly Tranquility, collectively known as the three palaces behind, which are the main palaces where the emperor and the empress live. Behind them is the Imperial Garden. On both sides of the three palaces at the back are the East and West Six Palaces, which are where the concubines live and rest. On the east side of the East Six Palaces are Buddhist buildings such as the Tianqiong Palace, and on the west side of the West Six Palaces are Buddhist buildings such as the Zhongzheng Hall. In addition to the Outer Court and the Inner Court, there are two parts of buildings, the Outer East Road and the Outer West Road. In the southern part of the Outer East Road is the Xiefang Hall where the princes live, commonly known as the South Three Houses, and in the northern part is the Ningshou Palace, the palace of the retired emperor built by Emperor Qianlong. In the southern part of the Outer West Road are the Cining Palace and Shoukang Palace where the empress dowager lives. In the northern part, in addition to the Shou'an Palace where the empress dowager lives, there are also Buddhist buildings such as the Yinghua Hall.