"India's capital city" a Delhi Travel Page by HarShe

The largest of old Delhi's monuments is the Lal Quila, or the Red Fort, the thick red sandstone walls of which, bulging with turrets and bastions, have withstood the vagaries of time, and nature. The Lal Quila rises above a wide dry moat, in the northeast corner of the original city of Shahjahanabad. Its walls extend upto two kilometre, and vary in height from 18 metres on the river side to 33 metres on the city side.

This is a picture taken by an Agfa Box camera taken on my trip to New Delhi in 1975! It is actually a black & white print which has faded to this color. The red fort is a must see - very impressive architecture & interesting history.

Source & for more info: http://www.cultural-heritage-india.com/forts-palaces-in-india/red-fort.html and http://www.webindia123.com/monuments/forts/redfort.htm

Qutub-Minar in red and buff standstone is the highest tower in India. It has a diameter of 14.32m at the base and about 2.75m on the top with a height of 72.5m.

Qutb-u'd-Din Aibak laid the foundation of Qutab Minar in AD 1199. The minar was said to have been built to celebrate the victory of Mohammed Ghori, the invader from Afghanistan, over the Rajputs in 1192. He raised the first storey, to which were added three more storeys by his successor and son-in-law, Shamsu'd-Din IItutmish (AD 1211-36). All the storeys are surrounded by a projected balcony encircling the Minar and supported by stone brackets, which are decorated with honeycomb design, more conspicuously in the first storey.

It is 15-km South Of New Delhi

Source: http://www.indhistory.com/qutub-minar.html

Close to Rashtrapathi Bhavan, Parliament house is a domed circular structure designed by the famed architect Lutyens

For details see: http://www.indiasite.com/delhi/places/parliamenthouse.html