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  2. Charminar - Wikipedia

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    The Charminar (lit. ' four minarets ') is a monument located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Constructed in 1591, the landmark is a symbol of Hyderabad and officially incorporated in the emblem of Telangana. [3] The Charminar's long history includes the existence of a mosque on its top floor for more than 425 years.

  3. Bhagyalakshmi Temple - Wikipedia

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    According to the Muslim Priest of Charminar altar, the original stone in question was a guard stone placed near the corner to protect the walls of charminar from automobiles. [3] In 2012, Times of India reported citing old people that in the late 1960s, the temple building was built on the east side of Charminar and opened for visits by devotees.

  4. Architecture of Hyderabad - Wikipedia

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    The Charminar has become an icon of the city, located in the center of old Hyderabad. It is a square structure with sides 20 m (66 ft) long and four grand arches each facing a road. At each corner stands a 56 m (184 ft)-high minaret. [7] To the north of the Charminar is a public square enclosed by four giant arches, known as the Char Kaman.

  5. Qutb Shahi architecture - Wikipedia

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    The Charminar is one of the most recognizable examples of Qutb Shahi architecture. [10] It was built by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah in 1591 as a centerpiece for the newly built capital city of Hyderabad. The Charminar is a large building, square in plan, having an arch in each of its faces and a lofty decagonal minaret at each of its angles.

  6. Char Kaman - Wikipedia

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    The city plan was designed by Mir Mu'min Astarabadi, an Iranian scholar and architect. The Charminar formed the centerpiece of the new city. The four arches of the Char Kaman are located directly to the south of the Charminar. [4] The arches demarcated a piazza, called the Jilu Khana, which was surrounded by the royal palaces and the Charminar ...

  7. 15 Magnificent Structures Built From Stone - AOL

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    From Gaudí's famous Casa Milà to a Swiss museum excavated into the side of a mountain, these structures demonstrate the natural material's dynamic beauty

  8. Architecture of Telangana - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] They built elaborate tombs and mosques out of mortared stone. The 16th-century Charminar, a centerpiece of Hyderabad, is a mosque with four minarets at four corners, elaborately decorated with stucco work. It stands at the confluence of four roads.

  9. Jama Masjid, Hyderabad - Wikipedia

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    The Jama Masjid was built in 1597–98, and was the first mosque to be built in Hyderabad after the mosque on the first floor of the Charminar. [5] The mosque was constructed at a cost of 200,000 rupees. [6] It was intended to be the congregational mosque of the new city. It served this purpose in the initial period after the city's founding ...