Fatehpur Sikri

Fatehpur Sikri is a magnificent city of Uttarpradesh. It was founded in 1569 by the Mughal emperor Akbar. Akbar had a vast kingdom and enough treasure, but had no heir. Akbar's spiritual perceptor Sheik Salim Chishti predicted that he would have three sons and soon after it happened so. As an act of gratitude to his spiritual perceptor Akbar rebuilt the village Sikri where Sheik Salim Chishti lived and made it a marvellous city. He named it Fatepur Sikri or the city of victory and shifted the royal court from Agra to this capital city. Built in red sand stone with beautiful carvings the structures include palaces, courtyards and official buildings. The Mughal style of architecture was followed in the construction of the city. Akbar lived in Sikri for fourteen years and left there in 1585 for unknown reasons and never returned. Now this city remains as a monument of the Mughal Kingdom.