!!!Delhi

by Dmitry Moiseenko,
Stas Sedov, and Ivan Roslyakov,
members of the [AirPano Team|Geography/About/Consortium/AirPano,_Team] that is a member of the [global-geography Consortium|Geography/About/Consortium]. \\

18 June 2015

with kind permission of [AirPano|http://www.AirPano.com]

The capital of seven empires" — that's the status Delhi gained
throughout its centuries-old history. The city initially founded as
Indraprastha around 3000 years B.C. witnessed many forms of state
governments and rulers ranging from ancient Indian dynasties to the
Campaigns of Alexander the Great, from Islamic Sultanates rule to the
Great Mughal epoch, from Crown Colonies to the present-day Republic.

[{Image src='01_Lotus Temple.jpg' caption='Lotus Temple' alt='' width='900' popup='false' height='686'}]

Around 60 000 monuments of world-wide importance have remained here, and
such monuments as Qutb Minar, Red Fort and Humayun's Tomb were declared
as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. That's where we begin our story of
the landmarks of Delhi.

[{Image src='02_Akshardham - The largest Hindu temple.jpg' caption='Akshardham. The largest Hindu temple' alt='' width='900' popup='false' height='577'}]

Religious complex of Qutb Minar appeared in 1206 as a symbol of Islamic
domination. Its main minaret is 72.5 meters height and made of rotten
rock. During the following 150 years Qutb Minar was being rebuilt: the
two upper layers decorated with white marble were created in 1368. Qutb
Minar played a significant role as origin of Indo-Islamic architectural
style.

[{Image src='03_Humayun-s Tomb.jpg' caption='Humayun-s Tomb' alt='' width='900' popup='false' height='413'}]

The construction of the Tomb of Mughal padishah Humayun was carried out
between 1562 and 1570 by the order of his widow. It is another example
of exceptional style and interlacing of history. The architects managed
to create something between the Tomb of Tamerlane (forefather of
Humayun) situated in Samarkand and famous Taj Mahal, which was
constructed one century afterwards by Shah Jahan (great grandson of
padishah).


Red Fort is a historical citadel of the Great Mughal period. The final
approval for its construction was granted in 1639, at the time when Shah
Jahan decided to relocate the capital from Agra to Delhi. It took eight
years to build Shahjahanabad city, the part of which Red Fort finally
became. Though some parts of the complex were rebuilt at the period of
British dominance, the main constructions of this complex remained
intact.

[{Image src='05_Red Fort.jpg' caption='Red Fort' alt='' width='900' popup='false' height='498'}]

Occupying the area of 1483 sq. kilometers, Delhi possesses a lot of
monuments of different periods of time. The shortest list of historical,
cultural and architectural landmarks of Delhi will consist of several
dozens points. Memorial area of Raj Ghat (the burial place of Mahatma
Gandhi) and the observatory of Jantar Mantar dated the 17th century; the
main Sikh temple Sis Ganj and Rajpath boulevard that runs through the
India Gate; the largest Hindu temple complex of Akshardham and the
market of Chandni Chowk built at the time of Shah Jahan's reign; the
main mosque of the city Jama Masjid dated the same period and modern
Bahá'í temple in the form of a snow-white lotus...

One can spend several days visiting all these sites of heritage. But
this ancient Indian city full of beauty can also be explored virtually
by means of our panoramas.

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[22 Panoramas of Delhi|Geography/Asia/India/Pictures/Panoramas_of_Delhi]










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