Few cities on earth hold as many architectural eras in one place as Delhi.
From the Sultanate ruins of Mehrauli to the Mughal grandeur of Shahjahanabad, the imperial axis of Lutyens' New Delhi, and the concrete confidence of post-independence modernism — Delhi is a continuous 1,000-year lesson in how power builds. Each layer sits beside the last, often within the same neighbourhood.
UNESCO · 1572▤The first great Mughal garden-tomb; blueprint for the Taj Mahal.
UNESCO · 1193▲The tallest brick minaret in the world, in a field of Sultanate ruins.
1931◈Lutyens' imperial climax — 340 rooms on Raisina Hill.
1986❀Fariborz Sahba's 27 marble petals — a global icon.
Brutalist · 1986▦Raj Rewal's concrete space-frame — demolished 2017, remembered here.
1929◉Georgian colonnade at the commercial heart of New Delhi.