The Charminar is a major landmark of the city of Nawabs, Hyderabad. It is known for its unique and brilliant architecture.
Also called "The Arc de triumph of the East", Charminar derived its name from the four elaborately carved minarets. Each of these four outstanding minarets or minars have a soaring height of 48.7m, above the ground. The Charminar is surrounded by the bustling shops of Lad Bazaar, that provides a glance into the old city. This 400 hundred years old monument holds an important place on the must visit list of any tourist coming to Hyderabad.
The monumenat was built by Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah, the founder of Hyderabad, in 1591. It is said that, this monument was built to commemorate the exit of the deadly epidemic, plaque, from Hyderabad.
