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.
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Apr 2020
Wonders of the World: Big Ben
This week, Danielle O'Donovan told the story behind Big Ben, Westminster and the Houses of Parliament from the mid-nineteenth century, when a political hot potato was tossed between the two sides of the house as they seek an architect for their new parliament. Listen and subscrib ... Show More
10m 41s
Aug 2023
362. The Taj Mahal: Love and Death
“The mutual affection and harmony between the two had reached a degree never seen between a husband and wife…” The Taj Mahal, built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, tells the story of the imperial power and strength of the Mughal Empire, ... Show More
48m 52s
Jan 2022
Building the Taj Mahal
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we travel back to 17th-century India to witness the grand development of the famous marble mausoleum, the Taj Mahal. 😴
Sound design: crickets, distant river.
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧
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46m 15s
Jan 2025
219. Building The Taj Mahal: Love, Loss, & Splendour (Ep 2)
Within days of his beloved wife’s death, Shah Jahan starts designing his grandest architectural project yet to express his love for her. Her mausoleum is to be a domed, symmetrical, bright white building surrounded by aromatic gardens. But the Taj Mahal is not the only beautiful ... Show More
48m 55s