Agra’s Red Fort

Agra Fort, also known as the Red Fort of Agra or Qila-i-Akbari, is an historic fort in the city of in , India. A brick fortification on the site, noted as early as 1080 and later known as Badalgarh, was extensively rebuilt in red sandstone by the Mughal emperor Akbar from 1565 to 1573.
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  • Type: Fort
  • Description: UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Also known as: “Agra Fort”, “Agra red fort”, “Agra Red Fort”, “Fort Rouge”, “Fort rouge d’Agra”, “Fort rouge d’Âgrâ”, “Fort rouge d’Āgrā”, “Fort von Agra”, “Forte di Agra”, “Fuerte rojo de Agra”, “Gerbang Amar Singh”, “Lal Qila”, “Pevnost Agra”, “Pevnosť Ágra”, “Pevnosť v Ágre”, “Red Fort”, “Sarkanais forts”, “Красный форт в Агре”, “Крепость Акбарабад”, “Форт в Агре”, “Форт в Аґрі”, “Црвена тврђава Агре”, “წითელი ფორტი”, “מבצר אגרה”, “قلعه آگرا”, “قلعه آگراه”, “قلعهٔ آگره”, “قلعه اگرا”, “قلعهٔ اگرا”, “قلعه اگره”, “قلعه لعل”, “आगरा के किला”, “आगरा के लाल किला”, “आगरा फ़ोर्ट”, “आगरे का किला”, “लाल किला”, “लाल किला, आगरा”, “લાલ કિલ્લો”, “ஆக்ராக் கோட்டை”, “아그라 성”, “아그라 포트”, “アーグラー城塞”, “阿格拉古堡”, and “阿格拉红堡”
  • Address: Agra, Uttar Pradesh

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Agra Fort and Jama Mosque, Agra.

Railway station
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railway station, is located near , in Rawatpara, . is situated 420 metres northwest of Agra’s Red Fort.

Mosque
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The Jama Mosque is a 17th-century congregational… is situated 540 metres northwest of Agra’s Red Fort.

Archaeological site
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is a Mughal mausoleum in , , India. is situated 2 km northeast of Agra’s Red Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agra and Doab.

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, a city around 200 km from , is home to two…

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The is the region in between the Ganges and…

Agra’s Red Fort

Latitude
27.17982° or 27° 10′ 47″ north
Longitude
78.02104° or 78° 1′ 16″ east
Elevation
171 metres (561 feet)
Established
1573
Open location code
7JVW52HC+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 310318567
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Geo­Names ID
12689216
Wiki­data ID
Q171857
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Agra’s Red Fort” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Fortesa e Agras”
  • Albanian: “Fortesa e Agrës”
  • Arabic: “قلعة أغرا”
  • Armenian: “Ագրայի ամրոց”
  • Assamese: “আগ্ৰা ফ’ৰ্ট”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aqra qalası”
  • Basque: “Agrako gotorlekua”
  • Belarusian: “Чырвоны форт”
  • Bengali: “আগ্রা দুর্গ”
  • Bhojpuri: “आगरा किला”
  • Bulgarian: “Форт в Агра”
  • Burmese: “အာဂရာခံတပ်”
  • Catalan: “Fort d’Agra”
  • Central Bikol: “Agra Fort”
  • Chechen: “Агра-форт”
  • Chinese: “阿格拉堡”
  • Croatian: “Utvrda Agra”
  • Czech: “Pevnost Ágra”
  • Danish: “Agra Fort”
  • Dhivehi: “އާގްރާ ފޯރޓް”
  • Dutch: “Fort van Agra”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة اجرا”
  • Esperanto: “Fortikaĵo Agra”
  • Finnish: “Agran linnoitus”
  • French: “fort d’Agra”
  • French: “Fort d’Agra”
  • Galician: “Forte de Agra”
  • Georgian: “აგრას ციხე”
  • German: “Rotes Fort”
  • Greek: “Οχυρό Άγκρα”
  • Gujarati: “આગ્રાનો કિલ્લો”
  • Hausa: “Ginin Agra”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת אגרה”
  • Hindi: “आगरा का किला”
  • Hindi: “आगरा क़िला”
  • Hungarian: “Vörös Erőd”
  • Indonesian: “Benteng Agra”
  • Irish: “Dún Dearg in Agra”
  • Italian: “Forte rosso di Agra”
  • Japanese: “アーグラ城塞”
  • Kannada: “ಆಗ್ರ ಕೋಟೆ”
  • Kannada: “ಕೆಂಪು ಕೋಟೆ”
  • Korean: “아그라 요새”
  • Korean: “아그라성”
  • Latvian: “Āgras forts”
  • Lithuanian: “Agros fortas”
  • Maithili: “आगरा किला”
  • Malay: “Kubu Agra”
  • Malayalam: “ആഗ്ര കോട്ട”
  • Maltese: “Forti ta‘ Agra”
  • Maltese: “Forti ta’ Agra”
  • Marathi: “आग्रा किल्ला”
  • Marathi: “आग्‍ऱ्याचा किल्ला”
  • Mingrelian: “აგრაშ ჯიხა”
  • Mongolian: “Агра бэхлэлт”
  • Nepali: “आगराको किल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Agra Fort”
  • Norwegian: “Agra fort”
  • Oriya: “ଆଗ୍ରା କିଲ୍ଲା”
  • Panjabi: “ਆਗਰਾ ਦਾ ਕਿਲਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਆਗਰੇ ਦਾ ਕਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Persian: “قلعه آگره”
  • Polish: “Czerwony Fort w Agrze”
  • Portuguese: “Forte de Agra”
  • Pushto: “د اگرې کلا”
  • Russian: “Агра-форт”
  • Sanskrit: “रक्तदुर्गम्”
  • Scots: “Agra Fort”
  • Serbian: “Tvrđava u Agri”
  • Serbian: “Тврђава у Агри”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tvrđava Agra”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Utvrda Agra”
  • Slovak: “Ágrá ká kilá”
  • Slovenian: “Utrdba Agra”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte de Agra”
  • Swedish: “Röda fortet i Agra”
  • Tagalog: “Kuta ng Agra”
  • Tajik: “Қалъаи Огра”
  • Tamil: “ஆக்ரா கோட்டை”
  • Telugu: “ఆగ్రా కోట”
  • Thai: “ป้อมอัครา”
  • Thai: “ป้อมอาครา”
  • Tulu: “ಕೆಂಪು ಕೋಟೆ”
  • Turkish: “Agra Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Червоний форт”
  • Urdu: “آگرہ قلعہ”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ آگرہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Agra”
  • Western Panjabi: “قلعہ آگرہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿格拉堡”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿格拉堡”
  • “आगरा किला”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Subhash Bazaar and Belanganj.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Hathi Pol and Musammun Burj.

Uttar Pradesh: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Agra and Taj Mahal.

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