Dervorguilla of Galloway built Sweetheart Abbey in memory of her departed husband, John de Balliol. What’s another famous structure built to honour the death of a loved one?

Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz: Dervorguilla of Galloway built Sweetheart Abbey in memory of her departed husband, John de Balliol. What’s another famous structure built to honour the death of a loved one?

A The Great Sphinx of Giza
B Eiffel Tower
C The Taj Mahal

Finished in 1653, the Taj Mahal (literally ‘Crown of the Palace’) was intended as a tomb for Mumtaz Mahal, the wife of Emperor Shah Jahan. Inconsolable after her death during the birth of their 14th child, he commissioned the building as an embodiment of undying love and marital devotion.

The correct answer to this quiz is The Taj Mahal.

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