Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great, who reigned from 1556 to 1605, is considered to be one of the most famous and revered Muslim rulers of India. Therefore, his tomb, although generally designed in a rather restrained Spartan style. Spartan style, but is still characterised by a special luxury in the details. The construction mausoleum for Akbar, according to tradition, began during his lifetime. The place for for the tomb was chosen personally by the emperor. After the ruler's death in 1605 1605, his son Jaganhir continued the construction, and it was not completed until 1613.
The tomb is located in the small settlement of Sikandra, on the outskirts of Agra and is a masterpiece of Muslim architecture. It is a complex of two structures, one of which is the mausoleum itself and the other a huge gateway. A wide cobbled road connects them. The Buland-Darvaz Gate, or, as it's called. or, as they call it, the Gate of Splendour, is the main entrance to the mausoleum. They are are adorned with snow-white marble minarets located at the four corners of the gate. The mausoleum is made of red sandstone, traditional for buildings of that time. and a fairly new finishing material, marble, in the form of a tetrahedral. pyramid. It is divided into several tiers, the uppermost one is made of marble and has four pointed towers. four pointed towers. And in the middle of the structure is located an open courtyard, in the centre of which is a special "tourist version" of the imperial coffin, decorated with fanciful ornaments and inscriptions. At the same time Akbar's true burial place is in the catacombs. Both the gateway and the mausoleum are lined with colourful tiles that form beautiful and intricate patterns.
The area around the tomb is home to many monkeys, which can be quite aggressive and can even attack tourists.
