7. Mughal Emperor Shahjahan started construction
of the massive fort in 1638 and work was completed in
1648.
The fort contains
•halls of public and private audience,
•domed and arched marble palaces,
•plush private apartments,
•a mosque
•and elaborately designed gardens.
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9. The first job was to build the defences for the
city and, inside, the citadel-fort. Twenty-one
towers and seven main gateways punctuated
the 4 mile long, 27 foot high city wall. The
walls encircling the 124 acre Fort were even
more tremendous, ranging in height from 60
feet on the river side to 75 on the landward
side, and in width from 45 feet at ground
level to 30 feet
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11. INTRODUCTION:
The largest of Old Delhi's monuments is Lal Quila
or Red Fort whose thick red sandstone walls, bulging with
turrets and bastions, have withstood the vagaries of time
and nature.
The Lal Quila rises above a wide dry moat in the
northeast corner of the original city of Shahjahanabad.
Its walls extend from two kilometers and vary in
height from 18 metres on the river side to 33 metres on
the city side.
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14. • Agra fort is in the form of an irregular
semicircle, has its back to the river
Yamuna which thus protects its eastern
side.
• The western wall is dominated by the
massive main entrance – the so-called
Delhi Gate- and the Hathi Pol. This
gate is approached by a tortuous access
ramp.
• To the south, the Amar Singh gate is
defended by two towers which flank the
entrance
