Anguri Bagh

Agra (Fort Rouge) : Anguri Bagh et Khas Mahal

Le panoramearth est pris devant l'Anguri Bagh (le jardin des vignes) et le Khas Mahal (le pavillon des appartements impériaux). Au début de la vidéo (notez que le pano commence à l'est par erreur de lecture du GPS, désolé), on voit le Khas Mahal, qui donne sur une plateforme recouverte de marbre et comportant un bassin avec une fontaine, le tout ouvrant sur le jardin. A la seconde 14 de la vidéo, on voit au sud les murs du Jahangiri Mahal (un palais construit par Akbar pour son fils Jehangir). A partir de la seconde 27, on voit l'Anguri Bagh (le jardin des vignes), qui ne contient plus aujourd'hui que quelques plantes basses. Avec en son centre un autre bassin et une fontaine (seconde 39). Bon, il faut supposer et imaginer le jardin originel, avec ses vignes suspendues, ses fleurs et sûrement de nombreuses autres essences fruitières. A la seconde 53, le bâtiment blanc sale au-dessus des murs, est le Sheesh Mahal (le palais des miroirs) qui comporte un hammam. Sur la droite, on voit aussi émerger la tour octogonale (Musamman Burj), qui domine la rivière Yamuna. A la seconde 58, on voit le bassin fontaine au centre de la terrasse du palais et le palais lui-même, le Khas Mahal, en arrière plan. Le Fort Rouge d'Agra (ou Fort d'Agra) est le plus grand fort de l'Inde. Mentionné pour la première fois en 1080, c'était alors un simple fort de brique. Après qu'Akbar ait décidé de faire d'Agra sa capitale en 1558, il le fait reconstruire en grès rouge pour en faire un palais résidentiel pour son fils Jahangir. La construction s'étend sur huit années pour s'achever en 1573. À partir de ce moment-là, le fort n'est plus seulement une place militaire, mais aussi un lieu de résidence. L'architecture est de style hindou, le style moghol s'affirmera plus tard sous Shah Jahan. La citadelle protège un grand nombre de palais féériques : le Khas Mahal, le Sheesh Mahal, la tour octogonale (Musamman Burj), ainsi que des salles d'audience : Diwan-i-Khas, bâtie en 1637 et Diwan-i-Am, également construite sous le règne du fastueux Shah Jahan. On remarque également, dans le complexe palatial, deux très belles mosquées de marbre blanc, la Moti Masjid ou mosquée de la Perle, bâtie en 1646-1653 par Shah Jahan et la Najina Masjid (mosquée céleste) construite sous le règne d'Aurangzeb (1658-1707), fils de l'empereur Chah Jahan.

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Latitude (dd): 27.178405
Longitude (dd): 78.023276
Google Earth/Maps search: 27.178405,78.023276
Altitude (m): 164
Date (y/m/d): 2011/10/09
Time (hh24 : mm): 12 : 12
Country: Inde
State/Region: Uttar Pradesh
County/District: Agra
City: Agra (282003)
Author: Dorjee

Anguri Bagh , Red Fort , Agra

Agra Fort is a historical fort in the city of Agra in India. It was the main residence of the emperors of the Mughal Dynasty until 1638, when the capital was shifted from Agra to Delhi. The Agra fort is a UNESCO World Heritage site.[1] It is about 2.5 km northwest of its more famous sister monument, the Taj Mahal. The fort can be more accurately described as a walled city.
After the First Battle of Panipat in 1526, Babur stayed in the fort, in the palace of Ibrahim Lodi. He later built a baoli (step well) in it. His successor, Humayun, was crowned in the fort in 1530. He was defeated at Bilgram in 1540 by Sher Shah Suri. The fort remained with the Suris till 1555, when Humayun recaptured it. Adil Shah Suri's general, Hemu, recaptured Agra in 1556 and pursued its fleeing governor to Delhi where he met the Mughals in the Battle of Tughlaqabad.[2]


Sheesh Mahal, Agra Fort:The effect produced by lighting candles in Sheesh Mahal, Agra Fort.
Realising the importance of its central situation, Akbar made it his capital and arrived in Agra in 1558. His historian, Abul Fazl, recorded that this was a brick fort known as 'Badalgarh'. It was in a ruined condition and Akbar had it rebuilt with red sandstone from Barauli area Dhaulpur district, in Rajasthan.[citation needed] Architects laid the foundation and it was built with bricks in the inner core with sandstone on external surfaces. Some 4,000 builders worked on it daily for eight years, completing it in 1573.[3]

It was only during the reign of Akbar's grandson, Shah Jahan, that the site took on its current state. Shah Jahan built the beautiful Taj Mahal in the memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Unlike his grandfather, Shah Jahan tended to have buildings made from white marble. He destroyed some of the earlier buildings inside the fort to make his own.[citation needed]

At the end of his life, Shah Jahan was deposed and restrained by his son, Aurangzeb, in the fort. It is rumoured that Shah Jahan died in Muasamman Burj, a tower with a marble balcony with a view of the Taj Mahal.[citation needed]

The fort was invaded and captured by the Maratha Empire in the early 18th century. Thereafter, it changed hands between the Marathas and their foes many times. After their catastrophic defeat at Third Battle of Panipat by Ahmad Shah Abdali in 1761, Marathas remained out of the region for the next decade. Finally Mahadji Shinde took the fort in 1785. It was lost by the Marathas to the British during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, in 1803.[citation needed]

The fort was the site of a battle during the Indian rebellion of 1857, which caused the end of the British East India Company's rule in India, and led to a century of direct rule of India by Britain.