Grandiose construction Qutub Minar or Tower of Victory, located in the Indian capital Delhi. Built of red sandstone bricks, the tower is the tallest brick minaret in the world. Its height is 72, 6 meters.

Qutub Minar was built in several stages over 175 years. The idea of ​​creating belongs Qutb-ud-din Aibaku, the first Muslim ruler of India in 1193, which is specifically destroyed 27 Hindu and Jain temples, to get the materials for the building. But his life was laid a base of the tower, with a diameter of around 14 meters. A project was completed only in 1368, when the ruler Firuz Shah Tughluq.

Due to the fact that the Qutub Minar was built a long time and under the guidance of different architects, it is possible to track changes in the architectural style of the tiers of the tower. The minaret has five tiers, each of which by itself is a true masterpiece. The whole column, from its base up to the top, covered with beautiful delicate patterns and inscriptions, carved directly on the bricks.

Near of the minaret are located a few buildings, which together with him constitute the Qutub Minar complex. This minaret Ala-i-Minar, oldest mosque in northern India - Kuwwat-ul-Islam, Al-gates and-Darwaza, the tomb of Imam Zamin and mysterious metal column that does not corrode. It is believed that if possible, standing back to her, close his hands around it, then anyone make a wish will certainly come true.

In 1993, the minaret of Qutub Minar was declared a World Heritage Site.