World's famous spot

THE TAJ MAHAL OF INDIA

The Taj Mahal, like the Great of china, is one of the world’s seven wonders. It is one of the most beautiful and costly tombs in the world. It lies in the city of Agra in northern INDIA. It is situated on the southern bank of the Jamuna Rivesr. The tomb stands in a beautiful garden.

Shah Jahan was the moghul Emperor of INDIA.  had a beautiful Queen named Mumtaj Mahal who died young in 1629 A.D The king was greatly shocked at hr untimely demise. He had it built in memory of his beloved queen, Mumtaj in the mid 17^th century.

THE TAJ MAHAL ,a monument , was designed by a Turkish archited. It took more they twenty  years for bthe building to be completed. Almost twenty thousand wprkers were employed for and construction work of the Taj Mahal. It is of white marble and stands on a platform of red sandstone.

The building itseif is about 57 metres square. There are slender prayer towers, called minarets at each corner of the platform, with the height of 40.5 metres. Adome covers the centre of the building. The dome is 36.5 metres  tall with a diameter of 21 metres. The iaterior part of the building is decorated with the flower patterns.On the outside well are the passages from the Holy Quran.In the central room contains two cen otaphs, the monuments of daed person, the Queen and shah Jahan himself  that can be seen thorugh a carved alabaster in the vault below.

that can be seen thorugh a carved alabaster in the vault below.

 It is said that thousands of workers were buried alive into the tombs it, were cut so that no other such fine builinga be constructed anywhere and anytime.The Taj mahal is not only the pride of INDIA but also an    invaluable or submerged since it was constructed more than thereand a half centuries ago.

THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA

Man has done many wonderful things in the world. One of them is the Great wall of China, which is the largest structure ever made. The  wall was entirely made by hand over the centuries. It is famous as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.             

The Great wall of china was probably built the Chinese around 600’ s B.C. Chinese Emperor, shi Huangdi of the qin dynasty (221-206B.C.) is regarded as the fist ruler to plan and construct the wall. Much of the part of the wall he built was to the north of present –day wall. He structure bnuilt by connecting new walls with the old ones. The construction work was continued by the latter dynasties such as the Hana (202B.C.to 220A.D.), the suis (581to618),and the mings rebuilt and repaired it mostly around 1400’s. The total length of the Great wall from the east to the central north China was 6,400 kilometres, but during the periods, it collapsed, and the length of the main wall, excluding the additional branchas, is still 3,640 kilometres.

The Great wall is extended from the coast of the Bo Gulf, near Qinhandao in the east, and ends near the twon of Jiayuguan cast, and Danhang, near Anxi, in the  west. The highest section of the wall on mount Bodaling, near Beijing, is 11 mete rs tall,and the width at its base is 7.5 metres, and the top isnearly 6 metres wide. Watchtowers stand 90 to 180 metras tall apart along the wall.