Fatehpur Sikri
Akbar's capital of red sandstone, abandoned after fourteen years for want of water, perfect ever since.
- Where
- Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 27.0945, 77.6679
Get the Fatehpur Sikri stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Fatehpur Sikri. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Uttar Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Fatehpur Sikri
Buland Darwaza 0.5 km
Fifty four metres of gate, for one victory.
Keoladeo National Park 17 km
A duck shoot for maharajas turned wetland reserve, where three hundred and seventy bird species winter.
Lohagarh Fort 22 km
The iron fort the British could not take.
Keetham Lake 25 km
A sixteenth century reservoir near Agra, a bird sanctuary and a bear rescue centre.
Tomb of Mariam-uz-Zamani 30 km
The tomb Jahangir built for his mother at Sikandra, next to Akbar's own.
Akbar's Church 36 km
A Jesuit church at Agra of 1599, the first in north India, rebuilt after Shah Jahan's men pulled it down.
Akbar's Tomb 36 km
Akbar designed it himself and his son finished it, in red sandstone with a false door on every side.
Agra Fort 36 km
The Mughal seat of power before Delhi, and the place where Shah Jahan was imprisoned by his son within sight of the Taj.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Uttar Pradesh
Questions
Where is Fatehpur Sikri?
Fatehpur Sikri is in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Buland Darwaza (0.5 km), Keoladeo National Park (17 km), Lohagarh Fort (22 km).
How do I get the Fatehpur Sikri stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Fatehpur Sikri and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Uttar Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Fatehpur Sikri before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Uttar Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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