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« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2011, 02:31:48 AM »

5. Taj Mahal, India


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« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2011, 02:32:03 AM »



The Taj Mahal in Agra was built by Emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial for his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to their 14th child in 1631.
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« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2011, 02:32:16 AM »

6. Imam Mosque, Iran


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Headlining beside one of the world's largest squares, Esfahan's Imam Mosque is a tiled wonder. Completely covered, inside and out, with pale blue and yellow ceramic tiles (which are an Esfahan trademark), it's a stunning 17th-century mosque, with its tiles seeming to change color depending on the light conditions. The main dome is 177-feet high and intricately patterned in a stylized floral mosaic, while the magnificent 90-foot high portal is a supreme example of architectural styles from the Safavid period (1502-1772). The mosque sits askew to the square, at about 45 degrees, so that it faces Mecca.
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« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2011, 02:32:48 AM »

7. Winter Palace, Russia



Best known as the outer casing for the remarkable State Hermitage Museum, this pistachio-colored gem on the banks of the Neva River in St Petersburg was designed by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli as the winter residence of the Russian tsars. Filling an entire block, it bears all the whimsy and ornamentation of the baroque period, and statues line its roof edges like divers about to plunge into the Neva. Little wonder it should be the showpiece of a city built specifically to highlight that Russia could match the architectural beauty of Europe.

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