Agra / India

Agra with its 1,350 residents  is located at the shore of the river Yamuna in the west of the federal state Uttar Pradesh. The old part of the city is located in the north with the market place, the modern part is in the south, with the glamorous mausoleum Taj Mahal. Agra has a great fort and many other monuments from the Mughal Era. From 1526 until 1658, the city Agra was the capital of the Mogul-Empire. Still excisting from this time is the castle-fortress of emperor Akbar (the "Red Fort") with the palace of Sah Japan and the Pearl Mosque.