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mausoleum
Close ✕Taj Mahal
The white marble tomb built at Agra by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, commissioned in 1632 and with the wider complex completed by 1653.
27.2, 78.0 · exact · 1632–1653 CE – present
On the world
- A place in: Wonders of the Ancient and Modern World · 12 places
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Connections
- comparable in function to Mausoleum at Halicarnassus — Both are monumental tombs built for a single named individual by a surviving spouse or relative, and both gave their form a wider reputation.
- elected by New7Wonders Foundation — Declared one of the New7Wonders at Lisbon on 7 July 2007.
Mission history61 missions · 1959 → 2026 · 2 planned
1145 objects · 280 located (1 withheld pending verification) · 865 unlocated · No relief basemap · marks drawn only from sourced coordinates