Red Fort – Delhi

Red Fort - Delhi

Red Fort – Delhi

It’s the Red Fort in Delhi. It was completed in the middle of the 17th century and is quite imposing. In the 350 years since it was built it has served three main entities. First, the Mughal emperors who lived in the fort until the British came and declared war. Second, the British who came and tore down a lot of the interior of the fort to make room for English style barracks and third, the Republic of India, who eventually turned into the tourist trap is is today. Note that it is a tourist trap well worth entering. I did so and I’m glad I went. It is a walled fort on a river and the circumference of the wall is over one mile. The wall has a height that ranges from 50 feet to about 100 feet high. Remember, this baby is made out of red sandstone. It’s one big mutha…