Charminar

Charminar
Charminar

Charminar (télougou : చార్ మినార్, hindi : चार मीनार, ourdou : چار مینار, « quatre colonnes ») est un monument d'Hyderabad, dans l'Andhra Pradesh en Inde.

Sorte d'arc de triomphe de 56 mètres de haut pour30 mètres de large reposant sur quatre colonnes-minarets, il fut construit en 1591 par Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah suite à une importante épidémie de peste. Les colonnes, produisent quatre grandes arches, chacune dirigée vers un des points cardinaux. Au second étage de l'édifice se trouve une mosquée.

Ce monument est le symbole de la ville d'Hyderabad.

Le soir à Laad Bazar près de Charminar, Hyderabad


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