Qutub Minar

New Delhi, India

The Qutub Minar is the tallest brick minaret in the world — a 73-metre tower of red sandstone and marble raised in stages from the late 12th century onwards, the earliest layer the work of Qutb-ud-din Aibak, the founder of the Delhi Sultanate. Around its base, the Qutub complex preserves the ruins of the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque and the iron pillar that has stood without rusting for sixteen centuries. Plan two hours; longer if you read the inscriptions. Best in the cooler months and ideally before 10 AM, when the light raking across the sandstone is at its most photogenic. The complex is in Mehrauli, a fifteen-minute walk from Mehrauli Archaeological Park.

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