4 famous monuments made of granite being such a tough and durable rock it is no surprise that granite has been used for many things not just granite worktops.
Images of monuments made of marble.
Peter s basilica the vatican museum.
It dates back to the ancient egyptians and quickly grew in popularity across the globe being used in buildings statues and monuments.
The tajmahal that is fully made up of white indian marble tajmahal is located in agra and made by a mughal emperor shahjahan in the memory of his beloved wife.
The vatican consists of some really great list of monuments sculptures and statues made up of marble including the world renowned pieta by michelangelo.
So not only the monument this whole city seems to be made up of marble.
There are many monuments that are made up of white marble india they are like.
It was built in 1591 ad by sultan muhammad quli qutb shah to recall the elimination of plague epidemic from his region.
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The tajmahal is one of the seven wonders of the world.
Travel photographer amos chapple recently crossed into turkmenistan on a three day transit visa and was able to photograph many of the sights and monuments in ashgabat the capital and largest.