The Taj Mahal

An episode of the Wonders of the World on The Hard Shoulder podcast, hosted by Newstalk, titled "The Taj Mahal" was published on April 8, 2020 and runs 10 minutes.

April 8, 2020 ·10m · Wonders of the World on The Hard Shoulder

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Continuing our summer series “Wonders of the World” it was time, this week, to look at the Crown of Palaces, the Taj Mahal. This iconic building is situated on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian City of Agra. Danielle O’Donovan is Programme Manager at the Nano Nagle Place in Cork City, and returned to the show to tell Ivan all about it. Why was it built? Who was it built for? What does it do?

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