View of Fatehpur Sikri

Title
View of Fatehpur Sikri
Year/Period
1946-1952
Region
Agra, India
Object Type
positives (photographs), photographic prints
Material
paper (fiber product), ink
Technique
photographic processes, photographic printing techniques
Dimension
Image size: 4.8 x 7.1 cm
Accession No.
2001-01511-050
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore
NLB Type
Photograph

Fatehpur Sikri (City of Victory) is a complex of buildings, including royal palaces, courts and a mosque, built by the Mughal emperor Akbar in the 16th century in honour of the Sufi saint Shaikh Salim Chisti. It was declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1986.

 

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