Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal (Persice et Urdu , "corona palatii") est mausoleum in India, Agrae situm, quod imperator Mogol Shah Jahan aedificandum curavit in memoriam uxoris suae dilectissimae, Mumtaz Mahal.

Aedificium late habetur optimum pulcherrimumque architecturae Indomongolicae exemplum, in quo elementa Persica, Indica, et Islamica commiscuntur.

Quamvis sepulcrum tholatum marmoris albi est pars notissima, Taj Mahal est complexus structurarum et hortorum. Coepit aedificari anno 1632 et perfectum est 1654, plus quam mille artificibus peritis et opificibus occupatis. Constructio consortioni architectis mandata est cui praefuit imperator ipse, inter quos fuerunt Abdul Karim, Mamur Khan, Mahramat Khan, Ustad Ahmad Lahauri.

Anno 1983 tablam UNESCO Mundi Hereditatis regestum est.

Architectura 
Aedificium praecipuum est sepulcrum, ampla marmoris candidae structura in plintho quadrato stans, quae consistit in quattuor ingentibus fornicibus in more Persico, magno tholo superatis. Quattuor turres graciles (minare) in angulis plinthi stant. Intus sunt duae tumbae Shah Jahan et Mumtaz Mahal, circunditae saepe marmoris ornatissima.

Aedificia alia 

Darvaza-i-Rauza est immanis tofi russi porta, quae ingressum ad aream dat. Huic opposita est mescita, tofi et marmoris constructa, cum tribus tholis.

Notae

Bibliographia 
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Aedificia Indiae
Confecta 1654
Mausolea
Tholi
Agra
Monumenta Indiae
Patrimonium totius mundi
Imperium Mogolicum