Agra Fort

The Agra Fort is a historical Mughal fort in the city of , also known as Agra's Red Fort. Mughal emperor Humayun was crowned at this fort in 1530. It was later renovated by the Mughal emperor Akbar from 1565 and the present-day structure was completed in 1573.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Also known as: “Agra’s Red Fort” and “Red Fort”
  • Address: Agra, Uttar Pradesh

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Agra Fort and Equestrian statue.

Railway station
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railway station, is located near , in Rawatpara, . It used to be one of the stations in India that had both broad gauge and metre gauge, until the line to Jaipur was converted to broad gauge. is situated 420 metres northwest of Agra Fort.

Monument
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An is a statue of a rider mounted on a horse, from the Latin eques, meaning 'knight', deriving from equus, meaning 'horse'. A statue of a riderless horse is strictly an equine statue. is situated 730 metres southeast of Agra Fort.

Archaeological site
Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.
Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah is a Mughal mausoleum in the city of in the state of . Often described as a "jewel box", sometimes called the Bachcha Taj or the Baby Taj, the tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah is regarded as a model for the . is situated 2 km northeast of Agra Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agra and Doab.

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is a city around 200 km from , in the north state of . It is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Taj Mahal and the Fort.

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The is the region in between the Ganges and Yamuna rivers extending from the Sivalik Hills to the two rivers' confluence at .

Agra Fort

Latitude
27.17982° or 27° 10′ 47″ north
Longitude
78.02104° or 78° 1′ 16″ east
Inception
1573
Open location code
7JVW52HC+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 310318567
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q171857
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Agra 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”
  • Bhojpuri: “आगरा के किला”
  • Bhojpuri: “आगरा के लाल किला”
  • Bhojpuri: “आगरा फ़ोर्ट”
  • Bhojpuri: “लाल किला, आगरा”
  • Bulgarian: “Форт в Агра”
  • Burmese: “အာဂရာခံတပ်”
  • Catalan: “Fort d’Agra”
  • Central Bikol: “Agra Fort”
  • Chechen: “Агра-форт”
  • Chinese: “阿格拉古堡”
  • Chinese: “阿格拉堡”
  • Chinese: “阿格拉红堡”
  • Croatian: “Utvrda Agra”
  • Czech: “Pevnost Agra”
  • Czech: “Pevnost Ágra”
  • Danish: “Agra Fort”
  • Danish: “Agra Red Fort”
  • Danish: “Lal Qila”
  • Dhivehi: “އާގްރާ ފޯރޓް”
  • Dutch: “Agra Fort”
  • Dutch: “Fort van Agra”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة اجرا”
  • Esperanto: “Fortikaĵo Agra”
  • Finnish: “Agran linnoitus”
  • French: “fort d’Agra”
  • French: “Fort d’Agra”
  • French: “Fort rouge d’Agra”
  • French: “Fort rouge d’Âgrâ”
  • French: “Fort rouge d’Āgrā”
  • Galician: “Forte de Agra”
  • Georgian: “აგრას ციხე”
  • Georgian: “წითელი ფორტი”
  • German: “Fort von Agra”
  • German: “Rotes Fort”
  • Greek: “Οχυρό Άγκρα”
  • Gujarati: “આગ્રાનો કિલ્લો”
  • Gujarati: “લાલ કિલ્લો”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר אגרה”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת אגרה”
  • Hindi: “आगरा का किला”
  • Hindi: “आगरा किला”
  • Hindi: “आगरा क़िला”
  • Hindi: “आगरे का किला”
  • Hindi: “लाल किला”
  • Hungarian: “Vörös Erőd”
  • Indonesian: “Benteng Agra”
  • Indonesian: “Gerbang Amar Singh”
  • Irish: “Dún Dearg in Agra”
  • Italian: “Fort Rouge”
  • Italian: “Forte di Agra”
  • Italian: “Forte rosso di Agra”
  • Italian: “Lal Qila”
  • Japanese: “アーグラー城塞”
  • Japanese: “アーグラ城塞”
  • Kannada: “ಆಗ್ರ ಕೋಟೆ”
  • Kannada: “ಕೆಂಪು ಕೋಟೆ”
  • Korean: “아그라 성”
  • Korean: “아그라 요새”
  • Korean: “아그라 포트”
  • Korean: “아그라성”
  • Latvian: “Āgras forts”
  • Latvian: “Sarkanais forts”
  • Lithuanian: “Agros fortas”
  • Maithili: “आगरा किला”
  • Malay: “Kubu Agra”
  • Malayalam: “Agra Fort”
  • 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 آگرا”
  • Persian: “قلعه آگراه”
  • Persian: “قلعه آگره”
  • Persian: “قلعهٔ آگره”
  • Persian: “قلعه اگرا”
  • Persian: “قلعهٔ اگرا”
  • Persian: “قلعه اگره”
  • Persian: “قلعه لعل”
  • Polish: “Czerwony Fort w Agrze”
  • Portuguese: “Forte de Agra”
  • Pushto: “د اگرې کلا”
  • Russian: “Агра-форт”
  • Russian: “Красный форт в Агре”
  • Russian: “Крепость Акбарабад”
  • Russian: “Форт в Агре”
  • Sanskrit: “रक्तदुर्गम्”
  • Scots: “Agra Fort”
  • Serbian: “Tvrđava u Agri”
  • Serbian: “Тврђава у Агри”
  • Serbian: “Црвена тврђава Агре”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tvrđava Agra”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Utvrda Agra”
  • Slovak: “Ágrá ká kilá”
  • Slovak: “Pevnosť Ágra”
  • Slovak: “Pevnosť v Ágre”
  • Slovenian: “Utrdba Agra”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte de Agra”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte rojo de Agra”
  • Spanish: “Lal Qila”
  • Swedish: “Agra Fort”
  • Swedish: “Agra red fort”
  • Swedish: “Röda fortet i Agra”
  • Tajik: “Қалъаи Огра”
  • Tamil: “ஆக்ரா கோட்டை”
  • Tamil: “ஆக்ராக் கோட்டை”
  • Telugu: “ఆగ్రా కోట”
  • Thai: “ป้อมอัครา”
  • Thai: “ป้อมอาครา”
  • Tulu: “ಕೆಂಪು ಕೋಟೆ”
  • Turkish: “Agra Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Форт в Аґрі”
  • Ukrainian: “Червоний форт”
  • 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”

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