Wonders of The World

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• The Longest Natural Arch
• Manuscripts of a Bygone Age NEW
• Sanchi's Great Stupa
• The Brooklyn Bridge
• The Oldest Known Shipwreck
• A House Under The Ocean
• Telescope Atop a Volcano
• Britain's Treasure Trove
• The Dare-devils of La Quebrada
• The Chunnel
• The Tallest Living Things
• An Island Comes to life again
• The Skeleton Stretch
• The Glowing Caves
• The Great Shells
• The Mighty Corridor
• Drawings in the Sand
• The World's largest Flower
• The Swaying Minarets
• The Screaming Skull
• A Tower of Perfection!
• Ajanta
• World's Highest Capitals
• The Ziggurat of Ur
• The Oldest Footprints
• The smallest country
• Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
• Mountain of Light
• A Piece from the Past
• Crop Circles
• Cleopatra’s Needle
• The Oldest Throne
• Giant Waves
• The Lord's Arch
• A Mad King's Dream Castle

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The Four Towers

The Charminar, Hyderabad's famous landmark is a masterpiece of Qutb Shahi architecture. It was built in 1591.
According to the story there was an outbreak of cholera and the inhabitants erected a huge Tazia (a structure representing the tomb of Imam Hussain) in the heart of the city during Moharrum. When the epidemic subsided the Charminar was constructed at the same spot by Sultan Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah.
The beautiful building rises to four storeys and has a mosque at the top. During the Nizam's days his subjects were debarred from going up as the Charminar overlooked the palace and it was thought unseemly that the ladies of the royal household should be exposed to public gaze.

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Last updated on :8/11/2004