The Agra Fort is located on the right bank of the banks of the Yamuna river in Agra. It is one of the most important and robustly built stronghold of the Mughals, embellished with a number of richly decorated buildings encompassing the imposing Mughal art style and architecture. It was constructed by the third Mughal Emperor, Akbar on the remains of an ancient site known as Badalgarh.
Akbar who arrived in Agra in 1558 ordered to renovate the fort with red sandstone. Some 4000 builders daily worked on it and it was completed in 8 years. It was in a tower with a beautiful marble balcony in this fort that Aurangzeb imprisoned his father Shah Jahan, where one of the best views of the Taj Mahal can be seen.
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