Yamuna River and Taj Mahal, Agra, India — Shah Jahan chose this bend in the sacred Yamuna River as the setting for his wife's tomb, reportedly after purchasing the land from the Maharaja of Jaipur. He envisioned a black marble mausoleum for himself on the opposite bank, connected by a bridge — a plan destroyed when his son deposed and imprisoned him.
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