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The Taj Mahal (/ ˌ t ɑː dʒ m ə ˈ h ɑː l, ˌ t ɑː ʒ-/ TAHJ mə-HAHL, TAHZH-, Hindi: [taːdʒ ˈmɛɦ(ɛ)l]; lit. ' Crown of the Palace ' ) is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra , Uttar Pradesh , India.
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Selimiye Mosque: 43 m 43 m 43 m 83 m (minarets) 31.2 m Edirne Turkey: Centennial Hall: 42 m 42 m 69 m Wroclaw Poland: Concrete dome with diameter of 69 m. Desert Dome: 41.75 m [119] 41.75 m 70.1 m Omaha, Nebraska United States: The dome contains the largest indoor desert and is the largest geodesic glazed dome in the world. [120] Sultan Ahmed ...
Faisal Mosque [16] Pakistan: Islamabad: 90 metres: 1987: 20 Kocatepe Mosque [17] Turkey: Ankara: 88 metres: 1987: 21 Abdülhamid Han Mosque Turkey: Kahramanmaras: 88 metres: 22 Maltepe Merkez Mosque Turkey: Istanbul: 87 metres: 23 Mosque of Muhammad Ali [18] Egypt: Cairo: 84.1 metres: 1848: 24 Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan [19] Egypt: Cairo ...
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The popular view of the Taj Mahal as one of the world's monuments to a great "love story" is borne out by the contemporary accounts and most scholars accept this has a strong basis in fact. [34] [35] The building was also used to assert Jahani propaganda concerning the 'perfection' of the Mughal leadership. The extent to which the Taj uses ...