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to honor his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died while giving birth to her 14th child. It took 20,000 artisan workers 22 years to complete the project. They started construction in 1632 and finished in 1648. The workers completed some other features, including the outer courtyard, guest house and mosque by 1653., depending on the time of day. It starts as pale pink at sunrise, changes to bright white at midday and appears as a bronzy orange at sunset.
There’s a myth that after completion, Shah Jahan ordered the amputation of the workers hands, so they couldn’t use their skills to build anything that would rival the Taj Mahal. But there’s no archeological or literary evidence to support this assertion.The Roman Colosseum is the largest amphitheater to ever have been built, at 615 feet long and 510 feet wide. It had 80 entrances and a total of 230 arches, onlyto this day.
Other theaters at that time were built into hillsides for structural support, but the Colosseum was constructed as a free-standing structure. Over 60,000 slaves completed the stone and concrete amphitheater in about eight years, between A.D. 72 and 80. As Italy’s most famous attraction, more than five million people visit each year.
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