🏛️ Humayun's Tomb

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Humayun's tomb is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun located in Delhi, India. The tomb was commissioned by Humayun's first wife and chief consort, Empress Bega Begum, under her patronage in 1558, and designed by the Persian architects Mirak Mirza Ghiyas and his son, Sayyid Muhammad, whom she personally chose. It was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent, and is located in Nizamuddin East, Delhi, close to the Dina-panah Citadel, also known as Purana Qila, that Humayun founded in 1538. It was also the first structure to use red sandstone at such a scale.

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Humayun's Tomb is a cultural World Heritage site in India, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Humayun's Tomb was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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