Fatehpur Sikri
Agra district, India
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Fatehpur Sikri is a town in Agra District, Uttar Pradesh, India, about 35.7 kilometres from Agra. Built in Mughal architecture with sandstone, it was founded as the Mughal capital by Emperor Akbar in 1571, on the site of the earlier village of Sikri. Akbar left it in 1585, and it was completely abandoned by 1610. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986.
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- Built
- Type
- city, fort, Municipal council (India)
- Materials
- sandstone
- Heritage
- Monument of National Importance, World Heritage Site
- Place
- Agra district, India
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