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Structure-ID: s0000293
Created on: 05/21/99
Modified on: 02/19/08


Taj Mahal

Built: 1632 - 1648
Status: in use
Location: Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Taj Mahal
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Structural Type:
Dome
Function / usage:
Mausoleum / tomb

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Usad Ahmad

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
towers  marble
dome  marble
building structure  marble
Dimensions
  diameter 17.70 m
  rise 24.4 m

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Relevant Literature
* Bussagli, Marco   Qu'est-ce que l'architecture?, Editions Gründ, Paris (France) , ISBN 2700012232, 2005; pp. 310-311.
* Heinle, Erwin   Kuppeln aller Zeiten, aller Kulturen, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3421030626, 1996; pp. 76-7, 212.
* Heinle, Erwin   Türme aller Zeiten - aller Kulturen (3rd edition), Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3421029318, 1997; pp. 78.
* Rai, Raghu   Taj Mahal (2nd edition), Times Edition, Singapore , ISBN 9812046089, 1995.
* Tadgell, Christopher   The History of Architecture in India, Phaidon Press Ltd., London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0714829609, 1990; pp. 255.

 
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